In this edition: The two states of the union, the bright post-scandal future of Virginia, and more bad polls for the president. And the midterm election suggested that this pitch can work — that even in low-unemployment states, many voters can be persuaded to toss out their leaders. In both states, Democrats have gone after GM with the sort of populist rhetoric that Trump adopted in 2016. She's bringing Sajid Shahriar, a HUD employee who was furloughed during the shutdown, to the State of the Union address. Still: The idea of that many house parties, that quickly, left some other campaigns with questions.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2019 22:41 UTC