While a lot of national attention is focused on the U.S. House races, where Democrats
believe they have a chance at winning a majority, less attention has been placed on the Senate. And for good reason: unike House races, which turn as much on local issues, district lines, and personalities, Senate races are statewide, and run much more on national dynamics.
The fallout from the president's meeting with Vladimir Putin continues. We'll leave the numerous and complicated foreign policy implications to others -- it's the domestic repercussions that interest us.
There has been a lot of commentary on special counsel Robert Mueller's revelation that the President is a "subject," not a "target," of his invetigation into potential Russian interference in the 2016 election.
While the official tally won't be known for a few days, the Democrats do look to have won a special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district.
History shows the party occupying the White House can usually expect to lose from 20-40 House seats in a president's first mid term election.
There are now more than 50 members of Congress who are retiring. Two-thirds of them are Republicans, the latest being Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina.
We noted the rifts inside the Democratic party heading into the 2018 mid term elections. They are substantial.
Official Washington, and many places beyond, are enthralled by Michael Wolff's new book, "Fire and Fury." Our copy of the book arrives in a day or so.
