the kind of person crazy enough to pretend to be the opposite of what they stand for, for so many years in order to avoid suspicion, would be too crazy to actually win

it's like those 4d chess guys who talk about mueller being a Trump agent, you have to take some things the way they are

not everything is some machiavellian scheme

Why do McCain and Flake both have low approval ratings in AZ? Will it turn blue or at least purple?

they're both hated within their own party

I don't doubt it's possible

I thought they had low approval ratings because AZ is shifting more liberal idk

it's partly that

Also, Ted Cruz is hated with both the Republicans and Democrats, but he's really popular here in TX

Senate Republicans and Democrats*

partly because they're hated by many in the right as well

Ted Cruz seems hated by other GOP politiicans, but not really the electorate in the same way McCain is

Flake and McCain are risks when it comes to ordinary R legislation

Ted stays on the ball when it comes to getting stuff done in the senate though

The best thing Trump could do heading in to the midterms is avoid further drama

lmao that's the one thing we can count on not happening

A weekly/monthly cycle of negative Trump headlines depresses GOP turnout

That and the media/twitter makes its own drama surrounding him now. Trump could jaywalk and it would be national news for a week.

one thing I think could give him the edge is the possibility of the clintons going down

Oh right,

if it happens near the midterms I could definitely see it galvanizing a lot of Rs

they reopened the investigation, for those that don't know

but,

It could have little effect if Democrats disavow Hillary en masse

remember after the baseball game where the majority whip got shot

it would be a massive victory for Trump and his base would turnout to the polls at 90%+ however

normies associate party members with other party members, that kind of news could breathe some new life into the electiosn

elections*

point is, having the "swamp drained" would be a gigantic victory for the right wing in general and bring a lot of new excitement to those who voted against clinton they hadn't felt since the presidency

it'd be the story of the decade

With Comey out and the DOJ under Sessions, there's at least a chance of it now

no way of knowing until it happens

until then, I'd focus on getting these people in office

In 1994, the Republicans gained a whopping 53 seats in the House,

one of the most dramatic upsets in political history,

the strategy was simple,

the GOP sent out consultants to diners in small towns all across America to ask them what they disliked about Washington,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_1994

from what they said, the RNC crafted what was known as the "Contract to America",
a list of legislative promises to fulfil if they gained control of Congress

Newt Gingrich is on Trump's side

the GOP got a bunch of young, new Republicans to run and saw a enormous shift to the party