Dems eyeing 2018 say its time to start talking Russia

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Dems eyeing 2018 say it’s time to start talking Russia

By Alex Roarty

October 30, 2017 6:04 PM
WASHINGTON


Democrats say they don’t want to fixate on Russia during next year’s elections.

Robert Mueller’s investigation might not give them a choice.

Monday’s bombshell revelations — highlighted by the indictment of Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — offer a vivid example of the political bind gripping Democrats, who want to discuss jobs and health care but instead must react to new developments in Special Counsel Mueller’s probe into allegations of collusion between the Republican’s campaign and Russia.

The expectation of fresh breaks in the case, which could last well into 2018, has convinced some leading party operatives that candidates need to simply embrace the Russia story.

“We’re fooling ourselves if we think we have a choice,” said Adam Jentleson, senior strategic adviser to Center for American Progress Action Fund, a liberal-leaning group.

Jentleson said news of the impending indictment dominated media coverage over the weekend, while the indictments themselves drowned out coverage of other stories Monday. The same dynamic next year threatens to drown out Democrats who refuse to talk about anything else.

“It will be on the evening news all the time,” said Jentleson, a former top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. “So even if it’s not the issue you want hand pick you want to run on in 2018, you need to find a way to make it work for you.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. It is long past time for Dems to use and benefit from the

Russian investigation/collusion. The GOP would have been jumping on this 100% and non-stop since last Feb if it had been any Dem president. They have done this successfully for over 20 years and we let them drag us through the mud and manipulate the public via Fux Ruse (Gingrich perfected it). Dems need to do this NOW or forget any chance of becoming the dominant party in the foreseeable future.