raphael warnock. starting next week former president trump will hit the trail hard, holding rallies for gop candidates in iowa, pennsylvania, florida, and ohio. cnn's jeff zeleny has more now on obama's return to the political spotlight. >> reporter: former president barack obama returned to the campaign trail friday night outside atlanta, kicking off a weeklong series of stops across the country in key battleground states. he framed the midterm elections as a stark choice between democratic candidates and republican ones. he acknowledged inflation is a challenge for the president and the party, but he said it's a global challenge as well. then he said the republicans have no answer. >> they're not interested in actually solving problems. they're interested in making you angry and finding somebody to blame because that way you may not notice that they've got no answers of their own. >> reporter: the former