the midterm and of being a referendum among the president, so politically you want the president to be a success, and one way to make the president successful is the passes legislative agenda. when you think about all the unpopular things, that donald trump did as president, the muslim ban, both sides after charlottesville, extorting the ukrainian president his lowest approval rating turn to the somber of his first year in office now keep in mind of what s going on there republicans have already filled to approve the formal care act, they re working to pass a big unpopular cat tax cut for the wealthy and for corporations. and there was not a part of public support for the legislation, and even look like they may not be able to do it. but success matters. and when trump signed the bill a few days after that, approval low point his approval went up, and it never got that low again until after he had been voted out of office. now it was not enough to save them from losing the house in t