Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein “I will surely not be a candidate for any office in 2020,” United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley wrote in her letter of resignation, closing off speculation before anyone could even ask. Much of the focus on Haley’s surprise resignation announcement has focused on the inexplicable timing, and the fact that President Donald Trump’s administration is losing a prominent and well-respected female representative when Haley leaves the U.N. in the coming months. Also of note: The decision by Haley – once a Marco Rubio-for-president supporter - to rule out a national run in 2020 essentially closes out the (admittedly always-remote) threat of a palace coup confronting Trump on his road to re-election. Elsewhere around the landscape, Lindsey Graham is more invigorated than ever in support of the president, even fundraising off of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation. Trump can count on relative peace inside his Republican Party in the run-up to the midterms. One big question is whether he can still count on it immediately thereafter. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks With the Supreme Court confirmation fight now over, candidates and voters are picking up the pieces and re-tooling where necessary in the final stretch to Election Day. For Democrats that means, in part, a big push to turn the focus back to issues they’ve been running on all year. Over the weekend, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to her coll... Link to the full article to read more