BTRTN: Is Trump on the Rise or Did He Just Blow it Again?
Betting on Devon Nunes was probably not the best way to keep Trump's SOTU momentum going:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/02/btrtn-is-trump-on-rise-or-did-he-just.html
"Trump’s approval rating, which has risen modestly in the New Year -- despite the shutdown, the 'shithole/shit house' comments and the 'Fire and Fury' revelations – took another upward turn this week, from 40% to 43%. This largely reflects one poll, Rasmussen, the only daily approval rating pollster left, which jumped form 45% to 49% (Rasmussen is always 4-5 points higher than the average). Rasmussen’s end of the week poll is the only poll to the SOTU and the McCabe departure.
One might have thought that a rational politician with an experienced communications team would have loved the SOTU lovefest to endure over several news cycles, but Devin Nunes took care of that. And Trump, of course, is the real source of the stomp-over-myself strategy, for he was the one who insisted on the release of the memo – indeed, such a release requires his authorization -- and he could have certainly..."
