Republicans are starting to see that the 80-year-old president is a lame duck who has given them little to campaign on this fall.

There’s an old expression in sports that always applies to the losers: “playing out the string.” A team playing out the string has been eliminated from the playoffs but keeps on going simply because there are games on the schedule. A baseball team well under .500 plays out a lazy September series… More »

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