It’s not as if we haven’t been saying this for a long time, but suddenly Republican strategists — and the media — are seeing Trump as a huge liability for the GOP heading into the mid-term elections.
The candidates Trump put in place are struggling in general election races, both in polling and in fundraising. The search of Mar-a-Lago has catapulted Trump’s ambition to run for president, and he may announce before the mid-terms. That would put this radioactive figure squarely in the middle of a mid-term election in which Democrats are already seeing momentum shift to them.