• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The Biden camp is reportedly quite calm at the moment, in spite of these pollster mind games. They believe 3 things win an election: money, machine, and message. They feel they have the first two on lock, but it’s slowly sinking in that they need to do more on message, and tell a story beyond “we’re not Trump”. I sense that we’re hitting peak “First Past The Post” election dynamics; good cop-bad cop with nukes in the holster.

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        5 months ago

        I hope they rake him over the coals when he does. Press the advantage. Trump’s weakness is showing weakness.

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      They feel they have the first two on lock, but it’s slowly sinking in that they need to do more on message, and tell a story beyond “we’re not Trump”.

      There is a story beyond that. It’s a preface. It goes “We can do whatever we want as long as…”