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Republican Midterm Triage Puts Bleak Outlook Into Focus

October 8, 2026 · 5:58 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Republican super PACs are flooding the airwaves in once-safe states, and pulling down ads for races that look like lost causes. President Trump, his approval ratings near record lows, is popping up in some of America’s reddest states,” Axios reports.

“The polls showing Democrats headed toward a blue wave on Nov. 3 may not be quite right. But money — and how campaigns and PACs spend it — rarely lies. Nor do the contrails of Air Force One.”

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