Back us so we can block Clinton agenda, say some Republicans

[Zorro]

It's just a trickle now, but some Republicans are urging people to back GOP congressional candidates because they'd constrain Hillary Clinton's agenda should she be elected president this November.

Republicans don't want to be blamed for prematurely giving up on Donald Trump, the party's presidential nominee, for fear of alienating his supporters. But with Trump lagging in most polls and Election Day two months off, many in the GOP view the strategy as low-risk because of the deep antipathy many Republicans hold toward Clinton.

"Trump supporters are so die-hard that it's highly unlikely they're going to vote for Democratic candidates," said GOP strategist Ron Bonjean. "They may be unhappy with Republican members saying those things, but it's unlikely they're going to walk away from them."

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., facing a competitive re-election fight, unveiled a video this week promising to "act as a check, not a rubber stamp," if Clinton wins the White House. In fundraising emails in recent weeks, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., GOP operative Karl Rove and a Colorado lawmaker battling for his seat made similar appeals.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/back-us-block-clinton-agenda-republicans-071729952--election.html

John McCain needs to lose this election. He is well past his expiration date.

[Doctor Jack]

1. Its 1996 all over again

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/23/us/gop-pushes-congress-strategy-that-shuns-dole.html

[Old Terp]

2. Keeping them in only continues the gridlock

We need to elect Democrats to Congress so that we can have a functioning government rather than a Congress that does nothing except investigate Clinton and tries to undo everything Obama.