ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is planning to spend at least 40 days on the road campaigning for Republicans before the midterm elections in November, the President’s top White House political advisers said on Tuesday [8-21-18]…DeStefano said the midterm campaign travel they are planning for Trump would put him on the road more than his last two predecessors spent campaigning during that time period. President George W. Bush spent 33 days on the campaign trail during the two midterm elections of his presidency, while President Barack Obama spent 22 days and 36 days during the midterm elections, DeStefano said. Over the next six weeks, DeStefano and White House political director Bill Stepien said Trump is scheduled to travel to six different states — North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Kentucky and Tennessee. They cautioned the states could change as events are often not locked in until two weeks ahead of time, to give Trump more flexibility on where he can best deploy himself. Trump was busy flexing his midterm muscles in West Virginia on Tuesday, where he invited the Republicans Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey to join him on stage and warned his supporters of the consequence of a ‘blue wave’ in November.”
–Jeremy Diamond, “Trump planning 40 days of midterm campaign travel, White House says,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 21, 2018 8:53 pm