Republicans sound alarm on Trump's troubles ahead of 2018

[riversedge]

Source: Politico






Donors, leaders and potential candidates begin to worry about an election that will be a referendum on the president’s performance.

By Alex Isenstadt

04/24/17 05:06 AM
Republicans say President Donald Trump needs to turn things around fast — or the GOP could pay dearly in 2018.

With the party preparing to defend its congressional majorities in next year’s midterms, senior Republicans are expressing early concern about Trump’s lack of legislative accomplishments, his record-low approval ratings, and the overall dysfunction that’s gripped his administration.

The stumbles have drawn the attention of everyone from GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who funneled tens of millions of dollars into Trump’s election and is relied upon to bankroll the party’s House and Senate campaigns, to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Adelson hasn’t contributed to pro-Trump outside groups since the inauguration, a move that’s drawn notice within the party, and McConnell is warning associates that Trump’s unpopularity could weigh down the GOP in the election.

Potential GOP candidates whom party leaders want to recruit are afraid of walking into a buzz saw.............................


As tumultuous as Trump’s first 100 days have been, there’s still plenty of time for him to correct course. ....................

But interviews with more than a dozen top Republican operatives, donors and officials reveal a growing trepidation about how the initial days of the new political season are unfolding. And they underscore a deep anxiety about how the party will position itself in 2018 as it grapples with the leadership of an unpredictable president still acclimating to Washington...................



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/trump-congress-midterms-2018-237505

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Jitter away!! You Repugs stood by the fool--now, you will be the fools!

[samnsara]

1. what the hell did they think would happen when they allowed.....

.......trump to hijack their party?

[dalton99a]

2. Meh, he is the leader. Just follow the leader and victory is assured.

[justhanginon]

3. It will be tough if not impossible to "turn things around" when he has

surrounded himself with inesperienced, incompetent asses whose chief qualifications seem to be Trump worship. Cabinet positions are filled with people who have no knowledge of the departments they oversee and have gotten rid of anyone with that needed experience. It is critical to get the information to know the inner workings of the departments where the work actually gets done. Tillerson is a disaster in State, Sessions is, loss for words here, and it goes on and on with Price, Kelly, Perdue, Ross and the list goes seems endless.
Add to that the fact that trump really llistens to no one, especially knowledgeable people but rather to himself which is tragic for our country.

[tanyev]

8. Why turn things around when he won by such a huge margin and is doing such a tremendous job?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "theres still plenty of time for him to correct course."

The fucking media CONTINUE to keep giving that ass the benefit of the doubt. There IS no "course correction" with this man and the slime that clings to and around him. What they see is what they are going to continue to get. I.e., as the Dramatics once sang -

But don't be deceived. The Adelsons and Mercers and Kochs WILL bankroll GOP members of Congress - and probably even moreso since they won't have to bankroll a Presidency, so it will be a tough slog in any case.

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. With all of that you'd think we could find SOMEBODY- anybody- to run against Walker.

Apparently not though. Governor * may be about to become Governor Unopposed..

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Corrupt GOP publicly worrying about funding; anything to get Trump-Russia out of headlines. . . nt

[JudyM]

7. Here's to their "paying dearly."