Dan Balz: Ebola Part of Notion That Things Beginning to 'Spin Out of Control'

Washington Post Political Reporter Dan Balz argued that the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus “plays into this notion that things have sort of begun to spin out of control,” and was “not helpful to the party that holds the White House” on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.”

“It plays into this notion that things have sort of begun to spin out of control around the world, and that some of it may be coming home with this Ebola crisis. People are nervous about this. They’re scared…when that happens, it puts people on the defensive as they think about these votes. But at this point, I don’t know whether that directly affects their perception of the President. But if they think that things are not going well, it’s not helpful to the party that holds the White House” he said.

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