With Trump trailing, should down-ballot Republicans ready a ‘no blank check’ strategy?

ANALYSIS — Weeks before the 1996 general election, operatives at the Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee urged GOP campaigns to adopt a last-minute, new strategy. As New York Times reporter Adam Clymer wrote, they urged “their party’s Congressional candidates to cut loose from Bob Dole and press voters to maintain a Republican […] The post With Trump trailing, should down-ballot Republicans ready a ‘no…