A Trip That Actually Matters: Michelle To Hit The Campaign Trail
LatestMichelle Obama will go on the campaign trail this fall to help the Democrats retain their majorities in the House and Senate. But will the kerfuffle over her recent trip to Spain make her efforts less effective?
Peter Nichols of the LA Times writes that the First Lady will observe a relatively light campaign schedule, and that she won’t do any mudslinging or make heavily partisan speeches. But the fact that she’s campaigning at all, he says, “is an indication of just how worried the White House is about losing seats in the fall, when control of the House and possibly the Senate is up for grabs.” Republican pollster John McLaughlin concurs, saying, “It shows they’re willing to use all the political capital they can to defend [their majorities]. If this is a chess board, they’re putting their queen in play.”