After the Runoff........

    Once it has been determined on July 14th who will be the GOP nominee for the Alabama U.S. Senate Seat held by Democratic incumbent Doug Jones, it will be interesting to see how many time the word TRUMP is used in the GOP nominee's TV ads.

     During the Primary it has been a race
between Sessons and Tubberville to see who can be closest to the incumbent president (despite Trump's bitter disparagement of Sessions and so-so endorsement of Tommy Tubberville). That may not be the case for the General election. Note this from a column/story in today's Washington Post:

"The lower Trump falls in the polling, the more other Republicans running for office will need to choose to distance themselves from Trump. Grumbling from other Republicans is starting to grow, and there are glimmers of daylight between the president and his party. I’m not saying that this strategy would work, but the more criticism that comes from his party, the weaker he looks."

ADDENDUM: From a Washngton Post story on Sunday 7-12-20:

"In a closed-door party lunch last week, veteran GOP pollster Frank Luntz advised Republican senators not to disavow the president, but to put some daylight between themselves and Trump, according to two people familiar with his presentation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private remarks. Luntz also warned that this November’s congressional results could be similar to the 2006 midterms, when Democrats wrested control of both chambers away from the GOP after President George W. Bush’s popularity fell as a result of the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. Luntz did not respond to a request for comment."