Jeff Flake's 2020 kamikaze mission

The Arizona senator can doom President Trump. He just has to run.

Jeff Flake.
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It's said that every senator wakes up in the morning, stares in the mirror, and sees a future president. But Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who is not running for re-election this year, may just look in the mirror and see a future spoiler, someone who mounts a doomed yet vital primary challenge to President Trump.

To that idea, I say: Go for it, senator.

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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.