By now, even President Trump’s worst enemies are getting it. As the recent election defeats for Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Republican Kentucky Rep. Tom Massie have vividly illustrated, if you are running for office in the GOP, you had better be a Trump supporter — or else. Over there at Politico was this headline: Bill Cassidy’s fall is a warning sign for other Trump enemies Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) primary loss is a massive warning sign for any Republicans who’ve provoked the president’s wrath — like Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie. That, it is safe to say, qualifies as an understatement.  What puzzles is that establishment Republicans either don’t want to get it, or are just not getting it. Over here at the Independent was this headline:  Karl Rove says it’s Trump dragging down Republican chances in the upcoming midterms This is somewhat akin to standing in a furious rain and wind and denying a hurricane could be afoot. As those with an eye to history well know, America has had presidents before whose considerable popularity, whether based on politics or personality, can produce a strong political effect that can carry his party’s candidates to victory in supposedly losing races. In fact, a number of presidents, early on in their own political careers, faced a storm of doubters when it came to their first or later elections. John F. Kennedy, went the political wisdom of the late 1950s, was too young, not to mention a Catholic, to ever be nominated — much less elected. President Jimmy Carter was too Southern to be elected president. In 1968, the 1960 losing GOP candidate ex-Vice President Richard Nixon was a sure loser. Suffice to say, not so. And on and on and on went these kind of erroneous political prognostications. For that matter, back there in the 2016 cycle the so-called experts said there was no way Trump could beat Hillary Clinton. The real question is … why? Why do such wrongheaded prognosticators get it so wrong. The answer lies, I think, in the sense of “insiderdom” that now so infects both political parties. The “professional class” of professional politicians are simply unable to look outside the circle of insiders where most hang their professional hats and time cards. They are removed from the grassroots of everyday life that seriously reflects what is actually going on in American politics. Is the economy an issue? Yes if one is responsible for buying the family groceries, but no if one’s contact with the issue is simply reading economic reports or polling data. There is a plain as day headline above saying Trump is “dragging down” Republican chances. And yet, in back to back elections, it was Trump critic Cassidy who lost and Kentucky’s anti-Trumper Massie who lost. Safe to say? The Trump effect right this minute is a serious plus for Republican candidates. And if they disagree, the results of the Cassidy and Massie elections should have their full attention. READ MORE by Jeffrey Lord: PA Dem Shapiro Turns on Late Dem Governor Casey Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Dumps His Democrat Party