1. Orwell:"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle" What's in front of our nose is: Trump isn't running a campaign.
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it's not just he's not campaigning. He has basically no policies of any kind. It's amazing.
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Media is also deeply incentivized to present presidential race as neck-and-neck; it drives viewership.
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See '12 race, which Media presented as "HOTLY CONTESTED FIGHT TO THE FINISH" even though Obama consistently had a comfortable lead
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Seems true, but a) why isn't he further behind? and b) what does it say about the value of running a campaign?
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It’s the 80/20 rule. The last 20% of the work takes 80% of the effort. If you’re trying for 2nd place, that’s fine.
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@HeerJeet I've been shocked at the reluctance of media to go after Trump. They constantly make excuses and give him wide berth. Why? -
Hard to sell tickets to a horse race if one of the horses is dead.
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Disregard real/unreal campaign. It's the candidate who's not a normal human being that's the ignored-by-MSM real issue.
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