'A new cherry put on top': Trump scandal fallout hangs over midterms

[DonViejo]

'Payoffs and porn stars and affairs and indictments and all this stuff doesn’t Make America Great Again in the suburbs,' said one Republican consultant.

By NATASHA KORECKI and JAMES ARKIN 08/23/2018 05:10 AM EDT

As both parties seek to make sense of the fallout from one of the lowest points of Donald Trump’s presidency, the two sides can agree on one thing: However momentous, even the conviction of Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, a guilty plea involving hush money by his personal lawyer and the indictment of a key congressional ally wasn’t enough to dramatically alter the trajectory of the midterm elections.

In any other election year, definitely. But not in the Trump era, and not this November.

“This kind of adds another layer into the ether into all of the other distractions that are out there,” said South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune. “I think that a lot of this is baked in, people know this stuff is going on.”

Interviews with more than a dozen Republican and Democratic strategists and officials reveal Tuesday’s bombshells are largely being greeted with cautious, measured optimism on the left and shrugged shoulders on the right. Nearly all agreed it was too soon, and there were too few data points, to draw any conclusions about the November impact.

“At this moment in time, 12 hours into this, it’s ride [it] or die,” said one Republican strategist who has worked on multiple congressional races this year.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/trump-scandals-midterm-elections-794072

[dalton99a]

1. The day of reckoning is coming. GOTV!

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. "People know this stuff is going on"

Anything else “people” need to know about, Thune?

We’re getting a little tired of your use of taxpayer money to hide your GOP scandalous behavior.

What “other distractions” should we be ignoring?