Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump took another post-election victory lap. But the Republican Party is back where it started – and still potentially off-track. This week confirmed that the Trump effect isn’t all the GOP assumed and hoped it would be – not even inside the Republican Party. Neither is the issue set breaking their way, in a campaign that is about as likely to be about the tax cut as it is the Space Force. Now comes the potential for a tense weekend centering on racial issues – dangerous territory for Trump, for anyone who remembers last year around this time. None of it means a landslide, or even a wave, is a sure thing. But it has Republicans recalculating their chances, even as the Democrats see their field of challengers fill out in ways their base can coalesce around. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks 11…so far. After this week's primary elections, at least 11 women will be ballots on November in gubernatorial races around the country, having secured nominations from one of the two major parties. Right now only six of the country’s 50 governors are women, only two of them are Democrats. So far, Democrats have nominated 8 women this year. This is historic and particularly interesting right now, when there is a renewed focus on state politics and policies, not to mention attention on the relationship between the states and the federal government. As the federal government tries to roll back fuel economy st... Link to the full article to read more