Joel Pollak

Democrats can talk about some of the bad economic news because the economic news is never all good or all bad.

But what he really did was draw a clear distinction between the two parties, and that gives the Republicans something to run on.

And what the parties need on both sides is they need something to believe in, something to run on.

Abigail Spanberger, who gave the response, I thought she was a terrible choice for the response if you're trying to reach the nation.

On the other hand, probably a pretty good choice if you're a Democrat.

Let me explain that.

Abigail Spanberger ran as a moderate.

She even said she would not redraw the congressional districts in Virginia.

She has governed as a radical and she's redistricting Virginia from a six Democrat, five Republican state to a 10 Democrat, one Republican state.

It's the most egregious partisan gerrymander in the whole country.

So you wouldn't have her after the president because in a way she makes his case for him, at least to independent voters.

Trump can point to her and say, listen,

The Democrats are selling you some moderate candidates this year, but you're going to get radical.

Look what she's doing in Virginia, raising all these taxes, taxes on dog walking.

I mean, it's nuts.

As he said last night, these people are crazy.

But what a Democratic leader wants to tell the Democratic Party is.

Quietly, quietly, we're going to do all this radical stuff you really want.

Just let us run the moderate candidates.

Let us do this.