Politico: “Republicans loved seeing Herschel Walker score touchdown after touchdown. They doubt he can carry them to the Senate majority. Walker is a former NFL star and Donald Trump’s favorite to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia Senate race next fall. But as years-old allegations about Walker’s marriage and business dealings weigh on his potential bid, Senate Republicans are raising concerns about his past in a state widely viewed as their best pickup opportunity next year. ‘Some of it’s pretty bad, obviously: physical abuse and pulling a gun on his wife, if that’s true,’ said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former chair of the NRSC who is close to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. ‘I want to win that race. And to the extent that he’s handicapped by some of these things that would make that unlikely, I’d prefer to have somebody else.'”

“‘Trump’s not doing so well,’ said one Senate Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly. ‘That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have some clout. But he’s not God… McConnell thinks that there are a lot of people out there that fundamentally don’t want the president just choosing this person.’ While Walker seems to be in no rush to announce a decision, some senators are taking that as a sign that the possible recruit is having second thoughts. And they’re warning him to be ready for an onslaught, if he does decide to take on Warnock. ‘Don’t do it if you don’t want to do it, if you don’t have it in your belly, if you’re not prepared to take the spears and the arrows,’ said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.). ‘Because I’ve been in this business for a while. And it takes a big heart, a lot of wind and thick skin. My observation… he seems to be having a hard time making up his mind.'”