ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Maryland’s Republican governor, who’s viewed as a potential primary challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, said the President’s poll numbers show he’s ‘pretty weak in the general election.’ Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made the comments to CBS News in an interview set to air Wednesday [2-20-19] morning as the moderate Republican continues to mull a possible primary challenge to Trump…According to Gallup’s most recent poll, Trump’s overall favorability is at 44%. But a CNN poll from last month showed that the President maintains strong support within the party, with 81% of Republicans approving of Trump’s performance as President. Hogan added that Trump’s unpopularity could jeopardize the entire Republican fold, especially if the President faces a ‘very far-left’ opponent…In a nod to his own potential future plans, the two-term governor also acknowledged that a primary challenger beating an incumbent to win the party’s nomination would be unlikely — but compared it to his unlikely success in becoming Maryland’s second-ever Republican governor.”
–Caroline Kelly, “Potential GOP challenger calls Trump’s 2020 chances ‘weak’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, February 19, 2019 7:22 pm