Washington • Overreach and overkill are two of the most common errors in politics. A week after the release of Attorney General William gloss on Robert Mueller’s report, it’s clear that President Trump’s characteristic response — to lash out at enemies and entangle his party in his obsessions — has prevented Republicans from using the end of the special counsel’s investigation as a pivot point.
It’s also obvious that Democratic presidential hopefuls, like the party’s House candidates in 2018, are largely ignoring the noise around the Russia scandal. Instead they’re piling up rafts of proposals on subjects close-to-home: education, child care, infrastructure and economics.