Already one republican congressman in the swing district is bowing out in part because of the scandal, headlines today reporting to a giant 2018 headache for republicans for that same reason. Because a referendum on trumps conduct could cost them suburban voters. To quote the New York Times today, the Midterm Campaign appears destined to turn more on the behavior of the man in the white house than any other in decades that we have seen. Lets start at the white house with our correspondent jeff bennett. One reason trump cant get out in front of this is because he wont say anything about Stormy Daniels. Why is he doing this . Thats right, look, the president s tweets spare almost no one, but hes been uncharacteristically silent on this issue involving daniels. Our colleague Kristen Welker spoke with a Senior Administration official and put this question to this official, saying why hasnt the president said anything, and the response was that the president has sought counsel among his aid