ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has stacked his schedule with campaign events with just four weeks until Election Day, hopscotching from state-to-DC-to-state to tout Republican lawmakers and slam their opponents. After rallying in Iowa on Tuesday [10-9-18] night, Trump heads to Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] and Ohio on Friday [12-12-18] before wrapping up his week of campaign travel in Kentucky on Saturday [10-13-18]. The uptick in the President’s schedule is part of a strategy top national Republican operatives hope will prevent a blue wave from crashing in November: Using the President, particularly in traditionally red states he won in 2016, to ‘Trump people to death,’ as one operative put it. National Republicans believe frequent trips from Trump should be able to accentuate those state’s natural political bent and overcome a national atmosphere that appears to favor Democrats. This could be particularly key to holding the Senate, the two GOP operatives said, where Democrats have been left to defend blue seats in red states.”
–Dan Merica, “‘Trump people to death’: GOP hopes President holds key to 2018,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 9, 2018 1:00 am