Republican Governors Seek to Avoid 2018 Election Damage From Trump, Moore

[DonViejo]

Source: Bloomberg



By John McCormick
November 16, 2017, 4:00 AM EST

Republican governors and their donors -- still reeling from GOP losses last week in New Jersey and Virginia -- are trying to distance themselves from their party’s problems and plot a 2018 strategy to protect their state-level dominance.

At the annual Republican Governors Association meeting in Austin, Texas, party officeholders downplayed those defeats and dismissed the political fallout of President Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings and lack of legislative accomplishments. They brushed aside questions about the potential long-term consequences from growing sexual misconduct allegations that have engulfed Republican U.S. Senate nominee Roy Moore in Alabama.

"I think we’ll see Republican governors walking a tightrope in 2018 as they navigate a difficult election year," said Steve Grubbs, an Iowa-based Republican strategist and former state party chairman.

Thirty-six states will hold gubernatorial elections in 2018, with 26 of those now controlled by Republicans. In those races, which often have trickle-down effects on legislative and local elections, Republican candidates will have to decide just how closely to embrace Trump and distance themselves from an unpopular Washington.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/republican-governors-seek-to-avoid-2018-damage-from-trump-moore

[Fred Sanders]

1. Bind Trump and his Swamp Things cabinet to Trump forevermore. Crazy Glue seems appropriate.

[sandensea]

2. We've known for many years GOP hypocrisy knows no bounds,

and this scandal might end up being the very thing that drives that point home to most voters.

Of course though, I thought the same during the Larry Craig thing. How quickly voters forget.

[Nitram]

3. Good luck with that! These two albatrosses are firmly tied around your necks until they rot and

fall off.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Every GOP candidate should have his picture paired with a picture of Trump.