Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Politics would typically take a back seat for a few days while the nation focuses on a giant storm, right after commemorating 9/11. Except, of course, weather event. The political impact of this storm could be felt well beyond some canceled rallies and a truncated legislative week on Capitol Hill. Trump has set up his own fresh tests for his administration, in the middle of an intense campaign period. As other storms have shown, the president isn’t quieted easily. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Election primaries for this cycle come to a close this week, and Hillary Clinton is upping her support for some general election campaigns, specifically for some of the record number of first–time, female candidates on the Democratic side this year. Thursday, the former presidential nominee is headlining a fundraiser for a wide of range of Democratic congressional candidates, all of whom are hoping to flip seats from red to blue. The list of women benefiting from the fundraiser includes: Lauren Underwood, IL- 14; Gina Ortiz Jones, TX -23; Liuba Grechen Shirley, NY-2; Haley Stevens, MI-11; and Xochitl Torres Small, NM-2. What’s fascinating about this list is that Clinton won in only three of those districts and some are pretty red. New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, for example, went to Trump by 10 points and the incumbent Republican won by nearly 30. (Clinton did win in about 24 House districts nationwide that are ... Link to the full article to read more