Political strategies are all about direction. There’s place A and point B: Where you are now, and where you need to be in November. The spaces between those two factors are filled by your battle plan. Everything more, nothing less.  ,
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A plan strategy is a blueprint.
But it’s a strategy of wet, muddy ground that’s frequently changing. Sometimes, new hurdles appear out of nowhere. And when the ground changes, so may your roadmap — or you’ll get stuck.
Donald Trump has been following the wrong path since Biden left, and he has presently found himself stranded in the wrong path.
There’s no reason for it: Trump holds himself to a large common, so that’s the same common I’ll use. Yes, Biden immediately quitting was extraordinary (un-presidented? ), but it was definitely near. Joe Biden is not a person who is good. And Kamala Harris has always been the most obvious choice to take his place. They had four years to prepare for her.  ,
Four decades is a long time, really!
But they were n’t ready. And now they have wasted the chance to determine and body her company. They’re just too soon. Harris was successful in reintroducing herself to the British people because they remained motionless for so long. The past three weeks was her press blitzkrieg — a rapid-fire, heat, water, and property abuse with all PR arms firing at again.
The British people were shocked and awed. Her PR campaign … worked.
It’s usually easier to define one before his or her personality is established: A empty canvas shows every detail. There’s endless real property. Wherever you want, you can color new pictures.
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With all the funds now being raised by the RNC/Trump, it was obvious that Harris would have preferred to run advertising campaigns. They could have drew a portrait of her that was radically different from what was presented. Still they declined.  ,
That’s the second biggest plan error that Trump has made thus far.
Advertisements are typically more successful later in the campaign because there is typically a powerful correlation between an advertiser’s impact and the proximity to voting. But these are strange times, and when there’s a new opportunity to establish your opponent, it’s just PR fraud to stay on your hands.
Otherwise, Kamala Harris had free range to determine herself. And guess what: She says she’s Barack Obama, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln all rolled into one. Kamala Harris is a huge supporter of her.
So’s the whole advertising.
Okay, much bellyaching about woulda-coulda-shoulda. It’s in the previous — what’s done is done. What the devil do we do about it, let’s get to the one remaining pertinent question. !
Trump’s advisors, it seems, are whispering in his ( good ) ear to tone down the vitriol and be less abrasive. Be nice, be extra-respectful, do n’t take risks. What else could you say to justify his criticism of his rival’s Time magazine cover, which he claims is” the most beautiful actress previously to live.” Truly, she looked very much like a wonderful first woman, Melania. She did n’t look like Kamala. But of course, she’s a beautiful woman, but we’ll leave it at that, proper”?
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Look, I understand the concept behind mitigating Trump’s lips: When a person runs against a person, it’s true, the magnification are diverse. Plus, the New York Times claimed Trump’s been calling Kamala a “bitch” behind closed doors, I’m sure that’s heightened their sensitivity to allegations of sexism.  ,
So I’m not saying the idea is ridiculous. But it’s NOT the answer to Trump’s latest campaign problem:
Trump needs to alter his course right away. That’s his trouble! If the recent path holds, Trump will drop. Period. There’s no spinning it, no escaping it.
Luckily, this particular issue is tailormade for the Mighty Orange Wrecking Ball: Trump needs to destroy Trump.  ,
And to do so at his Trumpiest.
All the indignation. All the depth. All the flames.
Ready, purpose… tweet!
There’s not been everyone better at suddenly changing a narrative. Trump’s the master of conflict. With only a throwaway line in a statement — or a 2: 00 a. m. post — Trump’s potential to hijack a media pattern is unmatched in modern elections.
For Trump to win, the media cycle needs to be disrupted. Regularly.
Plus, the timing is right. All holidays must end, and because the media’s like affair with Kamala Harris is so ridiculously parabolic and disconnected from reality, it’s definitely fair game to push it with a knife.
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Or a hammer.
Kamala Harris has been working off a storyline since Biden left. That’s her power: reading somebody else’s material. She’s really good at it, overlook her at your own risk.  ,
Kamala’s weakness is that she ca n’t do improv. Without outlines being fed to her, she is an utter disaster.  ,
But, force her to waste her text. That’s how Trump wins.
Get off the boots. Disrupt the media pattern. Change the tale. Over and over.
Allow Trump been Trump — fun, snark, warts, ugliness, and all.