Tenuous Tenure of Rod Rosenstein

Sean Hannity and other rightwing talking heads  have strongly counseled President Trump not to fall into a Democratic trap by firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at this time. The apparent concern of these "counselors" is that the discharge of Mr. Rosenstein, in and of itself, would adversely affect Republican chances of holding the House in the midterm election.

While I agree that the object of this advice is to safeguard Republican election prospects, I believe that the underlying fear of Hannity and the others is that firing Rosenstein now would force the hand of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. His release of a  report prior to the November election, for fear that a Rosenstein replacement would likely kill the investigation and block publication of the report, would, undoubtedly damage Republican candidates.