The article discusses both positive and negative aspects of the upcoming midterm elections under President Donald Trump's administration. On one hand, it highlights favorable polling numbers and Democratic momentum, suggesting that increased focus on Trump could benefit Democrats further. On the other hand, it notes potential divisions within the Republican Party, exemplified by Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s decision not to attend a scheduled Trump rally, which might weaken Trump's influence among Republicans.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Donald Trump is a friendly boss; he lets his top aides freelance.
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aides → let → ?
Two of those aides, James Blair and Chris LaCivita, are spending most of their time spearheading midterms spending for Trump’s PAC.
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Two → spend → PAC
But last week, they both managed to find time for a quick trip to the Balkans, where—the New York Times reports—they have each been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to consult on behalf of the pro-Russian sub-national government in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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hundreds → manage → Bosnia
So it makes sense to be hopeful.
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it → make → sense
But it’s surely the worst of administrations.
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it → ’ → administrations
So it makes sense to be alarmed.
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it → make → sense
On the hopeful side: The blue wave shows no sign of abating.
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wave → show → sign
Democrats are doing a decent job of getting out of their own way.
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Democrats → do → way
Meanwhile Donald Trump is traveling around the country and doing his best to make the election about himself.
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election → travel → himself
According to the polling aggregator FiftyPlusOne, President Trump’s job disapproval stands at 61.9 percent, compared to 35 percent approval.
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disapproval → accord → approval
There’s a simple lesson here: The more this election is about Trump, the better.
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election → ’ → Trump
The more the generic ballot numbers move towards the presidential approval numbers, the better.
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numbers → move → numbers
The more Trump visits competitive states for rallies that are all about himself, the better.
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that → visit → himself
The more ads we see that feature Trump, the better.
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that → see → Trump
Yesterday morning, stung by media reports that his rallies aren’t what they once were, Trump posted:
My Rally crowds and enthusiasm are unbelievable!
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crowds → sting → reports
Nobody has ever seen anything like it.
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Nobody → see → it
We are flipping races all over the place.
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We → flip → place
It’s all happening!
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It → happen → ?
The Dumocrats [sic, needless to say] never counted on this.
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Dumocrats → say → this
About an hour and a half later, Trump had a further thought to share, this time in ALL CAPS:
MY RALLIES ARE SAVING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AGAIN!!!
Lots of Republicans would beg to differ with the leader of their party.
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Lots → have → party
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, for example, apparently has decided not to join Trump’s rally tonight in San Antonio.
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Abbott → decide → Antonio
After all, as Abbott explained, “Because of my schedule, where I go to multiple cities a day doing events like this, I already have events like this scheduled that day and will not be able to make it.”
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events → explain → it
It will be amusing to see what important event Abbott’s attending that couldn’t have been rescheduled to make room for the president.
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that → see → president
And it will be interesting to see if Trump takes offense at the slight.
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Trump → see → slight
A little intra-Republican squabbling in these closing weeks couldn’t hurt Democrats’ chances, either.
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squabbling → close → chances
As for the Democrats, they’re doing a pretty good job of riding the wave of voter discontent.
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they → do → discontent
They’re keeping the focus on the Trump administration’s failures and corruption, and on the Republican Congress’s complicity in them.
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They → keep → them
They don’t even seem to be over-thinking things and tying themselves in knots nearly as much as they normally do.
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they → seem → knots
Their biggest problem may be that many of their big donors and key operatives don’t seem to realize what a historic moment this year could be.
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year → seem → donors
They’re being cautious when their party has a golden opportunity to win senate seats and governorships that have long appeared to be out of reach.
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that → have → reach
Democrats have a chance to turn a shrinking map into an expanding one.
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Democrats → have → one
The implications of a Democratic senate majority of fifty-four seats would be very different from getting to fifty-one.
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implications → get → one
And as for governorships, six of the ten most-populous states now have Democratic governors, and Democrats seem unlikely to lose any of them this November.
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Democrats → have → them
If Democrats win, say, two of the four, they’d govern eight of the ten largest states, and twelve of the largest fifteen.
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they → win → fifteen
This would affect the character of our politics going into 2028 and beyond.
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This → affect → 2028
The main reason is obvious: Trump and his loyalists will control the levers of executive power over the next two years.
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Trump → control → years
You’d have to be crazy not to be alarmed by what they can do during this time—to our nation’s well-being at home and to its standing abroad, to our civil liberties and civil service, to any remaining guardrails against corruption and lawlessness.
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they → have → corruption
So Donald Trump and JD Vance, Todd Blanche and Pete Hegseth, Stephen Miller and Russell Vought in positions of great power remain a clear and present danger to our constitutional republic.
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Trump → remain → republic
As do their collaborators outside the government.
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collaborators → do → government
The public has moved pretty decisively in the right direction over the past two years.
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public → move → years
…and 44 more, not listed.
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