blankenship. that s on tuesday. also indiana. republican primary there. who is go to challenge joe donnelly again? this was basically a 20-point trump state in 2016. donnelley has got to convince a lot of them to reelect him in 2018. so that is a tall order for donnelley and for manchin. but what is the one thing that democrats like this might have going for them in 2018? this is kind of weird, but the answer is donald trump because the pattern, history tells us this. senators like donnelley and manchin, who are in hostile states and midterms, voting for a president of the other party, there s something about the nature of midterm elections, those voters are a lot more willing in this climate to reelect them. check this out. go back a generation. go back to 94. senators in the same position, manchin and donnelley are in this year. this is the won/loss record. they re all in hostile states, all in states that a president of the other party just carried. won, won, won, won. add these al