Agree. Gift to Democrats.
Canada is now a midterm ballot-box issue.
Democrats could hardly have asked for a better political issue heading into the midterms. Republicans, meanwhile, seem remarkably quiet.
There is a reason.
A trade war with Canada may sound abstract in Washington. In Michigan, Maine and other states whose workers, manufacturers, farmers and businesses depend heavily on cross-border trade, it becomes very real, very quickly.
And some of those states could determine who controls the Senate.
You can be certain Republican strategists in competitive races are looking at this and wondering why the White House would hand Democrats an economic issue tailor-made for their campaigns.
Because control of the Senate isn’t just about legislation. It determines whether a president can get nominees including federal judges confirmed during the final two years of his term.
Republicans are now fighting to hold those seats.