Article snippet: Rick Klein If there’s such a thing as “Trumpier than Trump,” it appears President Donald Trump can be Trumpiest of all. (And when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his family get called names, he and Trump can make quite the team.) Trump and especially McConnell earned the right to celebrate the first major batch of primaries of 2018. They walked away from bloody, expensive, and potentially downright embarrassing primaries with three solid, if less than lights-out sensational, candidates to take on Senate Democrats in states that voted for Trump. Patrick Morrisey in West Virginia, Mike Braun in Indiana, and Jim Renacci in Ohio join an impressive crop of challengers, stocked with recruiting coups and personal fortunes. They join Rick Scott in Florida and Kevin Cramer in North Dakota to ensure at the very least that Democrats will have to play aggressive and expensive defense in the midst of their quest to gain the majority. None of this guarantees Republicans anything, or means much at all when it comes to keeping the House. But six months before Election Day, Republicans are putting together a solid lineup of candidates to go along with a strong economy and potential Trump foreign policy breakthroughs. Democrats may still sweep the midterms, but they won’t necessarily be able to count on Republicans to do the hard work for them. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Democrats too felt good about the results from last night. Sure, a few... Link to the full article to read more