As you point out Run Any More Traps does not meet to set a trap and the meaning used in politics is a step removed from the hunting context.  In politics and business the meaning is similar to "vet." It means making sure you are considering all the possibilities, a thorough test of your options. https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/40/messages/494.html  Politically you are running the traps when you are testing the waters to see if a program you want or a law you need passed is popular enough to start the process of garnering enough votes and support to push forward with your program.  https://www.waywordradio.org/run_the_traps/  run the traps run the traps v. phr. to investigate or pursue all possible options. Also run the trap line. Editorial Note: This term is especially common in politics  https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/magazine/on-language-running-the-traps-running-on-empty.html  In politics, however, one colorful slang phrase, used frequently by insiders, rarely sees the light of print: run the traps. It has a general meaning of ''survey those in the know,'' and when I asked then-Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. if he had heard of some development, he said, ''Beats me, but I'll run the traps and get back to you.'' The phrase is filling a void in clearance lingo. In The Washington Post, David Hoffman and Lou Cannon wrote about a hasty selection of a press officer by Nancy Reagan and United States Information Agency Director Charles Z. Wick; when the appointment stirred controversy, the reporters quoted ''a senior White House official'' as saying, ''It was done quickly and without running the usual traps.'' For key aides concerned with clearance, then, run the traps means ''check for opposition and support,'' with a second meaning of ''vet this potential appointee's resume for exaggerations and errors.'' The origin is from hunting and trapping: a trapper, checking the traps in the morning to see if any animals were caught, is said to be running the traps, in the sense of running over, or examining, their status. The political usage is a natural extension of the metaphor.