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ANALYSIS — Eight years ago, President Donald Trump’s mediocre job approval rating created a difficult national political environment for Republicans, who lost more than 40 seats in the House.
↵↵George Conway, the conservative lawyer turned Donald Trump critic who was married to former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission
↵↵More recently, former President Bill Clinton delivered one December national address. That came on Dec. 8, 1993, to mark the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
His job approval rating sunk to 44 percent over the course of his first two years in office, and Republicans got thumped, losing more than 40 House seats.
Of course, demonizing the opposition has a long history in American politics, from Hillary Clinton saying that half of Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” to Richard Nixon keeping
Cash is king: Trump may not be eligible for another White House run under the Constitution, but his campaign is still fundraising.
As Democrats look to move forward from losing the White House and Senate in this month’s elections, DNC members are set to pick a successor to Jaime Harrison early next year.
White noise: Business Insider reported last week that Moreno’s campaign was using a special device to muffle recordings made by trackers.
Democrats have spent the past three days rallying for their White House ticket, which will climax with Harris’ speech tonight.
The industry already has invested heavily in several House races this cycle.
There’s great concern of inappropriate activity relative to the biggest city in the district, Lynchburg,” Good told Steve Bannon, Trump’s former campaign and White House chief strategist, on his podcast
Bill Johnson has accepted a job as a college president in Youngstown, Ohio, and will be quitting the House early next year.
ICYMI MAGA Hatch Act: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been rebuked by the Office of Special Counsel for referring to “mega MAGA Republicans” ahead of last year’s midterms.
Starting gate Eyes on the White House: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire this week after announcing a presidential exploratory committee.
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana won’t be making the leap from D.C. to Baton Rouge.
“It would be politically seismic if Democrats defy most predictions and do really well,” Elaine Kamarck, a former Clinton White House official, said last week.
This is especially true when one party controls the White House and both houses of Congress — and is clearly responsible for the direction of the country.
Jones moved rather than challenge another Democrat near where he used to live in White Plains, but several progressive candidates battled for votes in a 13-person race.
Foster credited Carl Levin with, after hearing her choir sing, arranging for the group to perform at the White House in 2013, when Barack Obama was president.
ANALYSIS — Patrick Gaspard was director of the White House Office of Political Affairs under Barack Obama, and he served as national political director for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.