{"id":10863,"date":"2017-05-15T11:08:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10863"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:48:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:48:47","slug":"fear-of-trump-impeachment-has-gop-running-scared-of-2018-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/fear-of-trump-impeachment-has-gop-running-scared-of-2018-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear of Trump impeachment has GOP running scared of 2018 midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/history4.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11558\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>Rawstory<\/b> &#8211; Republicans meeting in San Diego are worried that their career prospects could suffer collateral damage if Donald Trump\u2019s administration continues to meltdown, leading to possible impeachment proceedings against the president before the 2018 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/13\/trump-2018-midterms-gop-alarm-238342\">Politico<\/a>, the Republican National Committee\u2019s spring meeting in Coronado is tense affair, following Trump\u2019s stunning firing of FBI Director James Comey which caught not only congressional leaders\u00a0by surprise, but also members of the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<p>Equally alarming are GOP worries that previously solid GOP seats in Montana and Georgia could be lost in special elections before the 2018 midterms \u2014 a harbinger of the struggles that lie ahead with an unpredictable and increasingly unpopular president at the top of the party.<\/p>\n<p>According to one Republican National Committeeman, Trump has changed the game in ways that are making conventional election wisdom obsolete and incumbents nervous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there is anything to compare it to. You have a non-politician who\u2019s the president, so he doesn\u2019t do things in a political way and that completely drives insiders of both parties bonkers because they don\u2019t understand it,\u201d said former Newt Gingrich adviser Randy Evans. \u201cRight now, we\u2019re just in a completely different and foreign political environment where pollsters and pundits and focus groups don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2017\/05\/fears-of-trump-impeachment-has-gop-running-scared-of-2018-midterms\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawstory &#8211; Republicans meeting in San Diego are worried that their career prospects could suffer collateral damage if Donald Trump\u2019s administration continues to meltdown, leading to possible impeachment proceedings against the president before the 2018 midterms. 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