2/ The counterpart in Trump’s construction world would being sure you had water-and-sewer permits, or engineering drawings had been OK’d
1/ Why the Melania speech flap actually matters - This kind of speech-vetting is most elementary sort of operational campaign competence
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3/ The step up from personality-based primary campaign to nation-wide general-election campaign is at least 10x rise in complexity & coord
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4/ So far Trump has given sign after sign he lacks staff, background, instincts, rebound for making the step up to this more complex game
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5/ Open question whether Trump will pull off a general-election victory despite all these early signs of being flummoxed at national level
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6/ But actually running a government is 10,000 more complex than running even a successful national campaign. The rookie blunders …
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7/ … of past few weeks could have far different consequences if he actually were at the controls.
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@bobingle99 maybe you should ask joe Biden . He sure is one to lift a previous speech. -
And he LEFT THE 1988 RACE because of it.
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sure didn't hurt his career!!
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OF COURSE it hurt his career. He never became President, which he almost certainly would have.
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Exactly right. One more example of the sheer incompetence of this campaign, now writ large on primetime convention stage.
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So far I'm wondering if he can even run down hill with a wheelbarrow!?
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Agreed, but more of a front-end problem: hiring the right people and setting operational tone
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Which begs the question: if he can't run a campaign how the he'll is he going to run a country?
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Unbelievable. If
@realDonaldTrump can't protect his wife from#incompetence IN HIS OWN STAFF, how can he protect#America?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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9) And his inability to own up to a mistake is indicative of a character flaw that can be catastrophic & fatal in a President.
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Does it matter? We're clearly witnessing a paradigm shift. All of the old rules are being rewritten.
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