Trump colors the fall campaign landscape: 'He's been the only thing that matters'

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The striking split screen as this week wound down — former president Barack Obama made his campaign-trail debut mourning the departure of decency and lawfulness from the White House just as President Trump called on the Justice Department to hunt down a nameless personal enemy — neatly framed the midterm dynamic.

For Democrats and Republicans, and especially for the 45th president himself, it is all about Trump.

Midterm campaign cycles traditionally have centered on the party in power. Opposition to former president George W. Bush’s Iraq War powered the 2006 Democratic wave, while a backlash to Obama’s health-care law fueled the 2010 Republican takeover.

But this year is shaping up differently. The Nov. 6 election that will determine control of Congress is likely to hinge on the president — the man and his rash actions, more so than his policies — to a remarkable degree.

The spike in Democratic enthusiasm that has Republicans fearful of losing their House majority is driven largely by opposition to Trump personally — his attacks on civic institutions, his impetuousness and the chaos that tornadoes around him — strategists on both sides say.

“Ever since he came down the escalator to announce his presidential campaign, he’s been the only thing that matters in politics,” said Josh Holmes, a GOP consultant and former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “His presidency is everywhere and your ability to nuance and message what doesn’t directly involve him is drowned out entirely by a complete avalanche of news and punditry and analysis of what the president is doing.”

Labor Day unofficially kicks off the fall campaign season, and this past week brought into sharp relief just how much Trump colors the autumn landscape, like so many changing leaves.

The funeral for John McCain was as much a commemoration of the Vietnam War hero and senator-statesman as it was a rumination by official Washington on the existential threat of Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-colors-the-fall-campaign-landscape-hes-been-the-only-thing-that-matters/ar-BBN3Jsu?li=BBnb7Kz

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. No.

It's not just TrumPutin. It's about the entire GOP agenda. It's about the Republicans selling the government to campaign donors (a.k.a., GOP owners). It's about voter suppression and failure to protect voting. It's about giving free reign to pollute for profit. It's about division, misinformation, dirty dealing and general incivility. It's about the GOP turning protection on its head so that the powerful have the full weight of the government to protect them while the weak are left to whatever they can scrounge. It's about restoring government to the governed, not the greediest, most clever exploiters.

November is not about Trump.
November is about US.

[Squinch]

2. I disagree with the spin of this. It is saying we object to the man and not to his policies.

That's bunk.

The man IS his policies. They are of a piece.

He is a racist, sexist pig, and he is pushing policies that are racist and sexist, and that are against our values. He is mugging the poor and middle class so the rich can get richer, and he is a greedy rich pig.

There is no separating the man and his policies, but I find it a bit insulting that they are saying we are not responding to policy. If trump were as piggy as he is, but his policies hewed to the values of my country, if his policies allowed dignity and fairness to all his constituents, I would vote for those policies. They aren't.

I'm not voting against the man. I am most certainly voting against his toxic, America-crushing policies.