Even some Brazile allies say the timing is horrible because Democrats need big turnout in Virginia and elsewhere this week and cannot afford bad blood or distractions. This in an email to CNN: "After what the country went through, I'm not afraid." Michael Shear of The New York Times shared reporting on a White House meeting this past week in which President Trump agreed the issue should not be tacked onto the year-end spending plan. "I talked to a very senior Democratic senator last week who said he thinks that's largely posturing," Shear says. 4) No big legislative wins -- but some important Trump legacy gains in the SenateIt is a fact that more than nine months after taking office, President Trump has no major big-ticket legislative victories.

Source: CNN November 05, 2017 16:30 UTC