The William T. Sherman Of Crazy - 0 views
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Not caring about those contradictions, not caring about racist provocations is rooted in the nature of Trump's campaign. He doesn't have to get 50% of the national electorate. He doesn't even have to get 50% of the GOP electorate. He's dominating the field with 20% to 30% of the GOP vote by owning the part of the GOP base (the lion's share of it) who feel aggrieved and threatened and crave and respect dominance.
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Normally candidates, as we know, simply don't do this. Ever. But to do so you need to be able to not just act fast but act fast again and again to control the tempo and pace of the news conversation so you're on to the next punch or the one after that before your adversaries have even responded. You also need to be experienced in the tabloid news culture and be totally in tune with your target audience. All of these combined are allowing Trump to act faster and thus more totally dominate the progression of the news conversation than any candidate has ever.
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He's operating at a speed and mobility that the other campaigns are not able to react to effectively no matter what they do. Not with this electorate. A national electorate would be a very different story.