The Trump Aide Trying to Stop a Blue Wave
James Blair, the president’s top political strategist, planned for a different midterm cycle. Then Trump attacked Iran.
Michael Scherer
Michael Scherer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He previously worked as a national political reporter for The Washington Post, the Washington bureau chief of Time magazine, and the Washington correspondent for Salon. He started his career at The Daily Hampshire Gazette, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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