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Wow, the Democratic Party really doesn't have any ideas for a suitable presidential candidate to start pushing via media appearances huh?On twitter.com
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It's a notable difference that the GOP sends out its potential candidates to be tested and rated in media and by public response basically from minute one while the Dems keep it pretty much a secret until the last minute and get surprised by the responses.Permalink On twitter.com
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Obama was really the only post-internet Democrat to be treated in the crucible of the public eye before even announcing he was thinking about running. Even Hillary went silent for a while before popping up to run.Permalink On twitter.com
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This is more of an issue now than ever because when you have a primary where it's one known person against a couple of people no one has heard of, like the last one, it isn't interesting, doesn't garner coverage and fails to keep voters engaged with Dems.Permalink On twitter.com
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Also, voters are starting to get irritated at primaries that look like they are no contest. It looks autocratic and offensive and it sort of is both those things. They don't just want to feel engaged, they want to feel like they have a say.Permalink On twitter.com
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Testing your potential candidates by shopping them to talk shows can be dangerous, but it does take advantage of a particular period where, pre-announcement, their shit gets aired in less dangerous and potentially party-fatal ways.Permalink On twitter.com
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A wind-surfing Kerry reveal a year before the primary--just to take an example--would have been far less damaging to his prospects because it would have become old news faster. Now it is forever embedded as part of his identity.Permalink On twitter.com
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Shopping your STOU-response person around to gage public response means not wasting a potentially very valuable platform on someone who offends large parts of your base.Permalink On twitter.com
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You can say 'oh they need to be a good politician who cares how they do on TV', but we know that's a lie and have known since (irony) JFK defeated Nixon.Permalink On twitter.com
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Candidate rollouts should be to the base's favorite media outlets first, national second, because then you give them a solid base to build on, regardless of performance (see Rubio).Permalink On twitter.com
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And it is win-win because every election is a national election now. It's won on national cable TV and the internet. This was true before Trump and is even more true now. The GOP plays it that way and the Dems don't and that's going to be a problem for the Dems.Permalink On twitter.com
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Honestly, you know that the GOP doesn't intend to impeach or primary challenge Trump because if they had they'd be floating challenger candidates by now. And they aren't. The Dems are going to have to fight him and are doing zero setup. It's not a good look.Permalink On twitter.com
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Anyway enjoy a STOU address from a Kennedy in a season where people are super done with seeing the same names show up in politics over and over.Permalink On twitter.com
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It doesn't even matter what his record or politics are, and that the Dems look like they're being caught flat footed reflects how totally disconnected they are from the electorate. Still!Permalink On twitter.com
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It's sort of remarkable that it is 2018 and the Democratic Party still has no institutional media strategy.Permalink On twitter.com
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