Join Puck to listen to this article
It’s hard to spin the recent avalanche of bad headlines for the G.O.P. To hear top Republicans tell it, this was supposed to be a season of celebration, after Democrats largely capitulated in ending the government shutdown. Yet Democrats won elections up and down the ballot in November, voters are moving in their direction in numerous polls, and there’s no question that the White House’s about-face on the Epstein files was forced by the prospect of a full-on revolt against the president. Behind the scenes, as one source texted me, party members are starting to panic as they stare down next year’s midterms.
