War chest?

In the doghouse?

Right side of history?

Local democracy bites the dust

High wire act

Spitball some ideas?

Sacrificial lamb

Donald Trump is “a…birther and bully”

Is Donald Trump a choke artist?

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Soul searching

Gold dust

Theater of the absurd?

Old saw?

Flip the script?

Stopped in her tracks?

We just got our head handed to us

Stop on a dime?

On a wing and a prayer

In the nosebleeds

Political mumbo-jumbo

Rule of thumb?

Coming home to roost?

Dog whistle politics

Herculean proportions?

Toast of the town?

Both sides of the aisle?

Peer review

Gaming the system

Hit the hay?