We Have the Vote! Except We Don't

If you have the vote, why not Friday?

I campaigned for Luther, but Roy won, so I'm with him!

November? December?  Whenever, Roy WIN!

The winding process of securing Trump’s trip to Huntsville, Ala., reveals the fragility of the bonds between the president and other leaders of his party, who are searching for ways to steer him into becoming their reliable standard-bearer in next year’s elections.

  WaPo

Are they nuts? Where have they been these past nine months?

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, who has tried to control what information Trump receives about the Alabama race, was initially wary of the president appearing with a senator who might lose. He preferred Trump spend his time on policy initiatives such as tax reform rather than rousing crowds at political rallies. Likewise, Bill Stepien, the White House political director, urged caution and at first recommended that Trump stay out of the state, administration officials said.

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Kelly, who came around to backing the rally, was also told by several senators that Republicans might be hesitant to fully back Trump’s agenda if they were uncertain about his support for them.

Well, that was a trick, wasn't it?

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said she impressed upon Trump how much power his visit could have in Alabama and reminded him that all five of the candidates he backed in special elections this year won.

“There’s nothing like the hum of Air Force One touching down so that the president can lend direct and personal support to a candidate he’s endorsed,” Conway said. “We’re already five for five in special elections this year."

They're not even reading their own supporters right. So did Himself read her the riot act after Strange lost?

For Trump, the decision to back Strange last month and to head there this week was as much about personal motivations as party pressure.

Let me fix that. "For Trump, the decision to back Strange last month and to head there this week was, like everything else, all about personal motivations."

The president likes that Strange “can fill a room, literally and figuratively,” one White House official said, and admiringly calls him “Big Luther.” Their phone calls sometimes stretch for more than an hour.

"Big" Luther, as opposed to "Little" Marco. Dotard J loves him some big men. And he likes them loyal.

Strange [...] told the president that “the Trump agenda is Alabama’s agenda” and has pledged his unconditional support, White House officials said. During this summer’s health-care debate, for instance, Strange was one of the few Republican senators to vow to back the GOP bill without seeking anything in exchange.

They already did, and it had nothing to do with your talk to Jerry Jones.  And before they did, they knelt in solidarity with black athletes against extrajudicial and unwarranted police killings.

So, why are you putting up the Jamaican flag?  Are we going to have to stand for that one now?

Uh-oh....

Politricks.  I like that.