Situational awareness – October 29, 2018

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City.

President Trump has only one event on his public schedule, an intelligence briefing in the morning. A schedule like that for Trump usually leads to a full Twitter day for the President. Brace yourself for news.

We’re 8 days away from the 2018 midterms. There’s still time to enter our 2018 Election Challenge contest. We’ve got a $50 Amazon gift card for the winner – http://bit.ly/2Ed4dhj

Executive summary: Spending in the 4th CD race between Love and McAdams is close to topping $10 million. President Trump and Republicans are pushing back on claims his rhetoric is at least partially to blame for a rash of violence. Republicans are expecting to lose 30 House seats this year, but that number could go higher.