Trump: Bannon Banned

The rift between Donald Trump and Steve Bannon will end badly not only for "Sloppy Steve", but for the Democrats hoping to take back the House next November.  As noted earlier, Bannon is replaceable; Trump, the reality-TV star and on-air talent, is not, at least as far as his base is concerned. Bannon's agenda was truly populist and that was a threat to the GOP establishment. They are delighted to see him gone. No more will he be orchestrating far right challenges to its more main-stream candidates in the primaries. And that's where the Dems will lose out. By fielding less disreputable, less unelectable candidate, like Roy Moore, the GOP will have an easier time defending the seats they need to hold on to in the mid-terms. Perhaps the Dems best play in the fall, absent a coherent policy platform -- which looks as far away as ever -- is to secretly fund Bannon and his slate of primary challengers.