Matt Mackowiak

The stakes were pretty high during that meeting. People were watching very closely. I think he needed to be probably a little more disciplined in that interaction, and he’s been cleaning that up for the last few days.

I don’t think the president fully understands the ramifications of what Russia has proposed there, and I don’t think it’ll happen.

Generally, foreign policy has not been a major issue for voters because they don’t feel as if it affects them directly. I think the midterms are going to be about the economy, the direction of the country, whether they think Trump has been doing a good job.

The fact that there's a modest enthusiasm disadvantage isn't all that meaningful because there's already an enthusiasm gap for Republicans.

The suburbs came out in full force, they appear to be very motivated to try and deliver a message to Trump.

Calling into CNN and making outrageous comments about Megyn Kelly and making it even more of a circus than it already is, Roger just felt like he couldn't stand by him.

Any shot you take, you always swing up, you never swing down. by Matt Mackowiak

Any shot you take, you always swing up, you never swing down.

If Putin does back down, it would be a modest foreign policy victory for Biden, and it would likely strengthen NATO, which would be a good thing, i doubt the Ukraine issue, if diplomatically resolved now, will matter much in the midterms nine months from now.

It’s a simple, balanced, thoughtful, reasonable proposal, and I do believe it will pass.

There is obviously huge risk there, you get to a point to where the math doesn't work anymore. I don't think we're there, but you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's not daylight. It's a train coming to run you over.

While you have a lot of concentrated spending in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston metro area because of competitive congressional and state House campaigns, there is a great opportunity for the Biden campaign to invest in the Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, El Paso, if you are looking at a neck-and-neck presidential race [in the state] that is going to be won perhaps at the margin you need a presidential campaign to spend in those [areas].