ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said Friday [7-27-18] that he plans to spends almost all of his time this fall campaigning for the most vulnerable Republican congressional candidates in the midterm elections, a strategy that would have him in many districts where endangered lawmakers in his own party regard him as a liability. In a friendly radio interview with Sean Hannity, the conservative Fox News host with whom he shares a close relationship, Mr. Trump said he was confident the strength of the economy and the demise of the Islamic State would boost the fortunes of Republicans in this fall’s contests, and that he would personally work to pull lawmakers facing tough re-election challenges to victory. Mr. Trump said he had instructed John F. Kelly, his chief of staff, and others on his team to compile a list of about two dozen of the most hotly contested races in the country so he could use the bully pulpit to promote the Republicans running in them.”
-Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Trump Says He’ll Stump for Vulnerable Republicans ‘Six or Seven Days a Week’,” The New York Times online, July 27, 2018