Is the GOP ready for the midterms under Trump?

By David M. Drucker

Published January 12, 2018 5:01am ET

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Is the GOP ready for the midterms under Trump? — House and Senate GOP leadership have already conceded that the 2018 midterm elections will be dictated by President Trump — which may not be a good thing for many incumbent Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

Veteran Republicans are fretting that their party is ill-prepared for a brutal midterm campaign that will be largely dictated by President Trump.

After years of running against former President Barack Obama, and with so many Republicans in Congress having been elected since the GOP wave elections of 2010 and 2014, few have experience in withstanding the sort of strong headwinds generated by full control of government and an unpopular president of their own party.

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