Yvette Cooper allowed herself to look smug, and walked into traps. Corbyn didn't.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @okayultra
i don't think superior performance on those kinds of technical merits is anything much to do with Trump's primary
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Replying to @chaosprime @okayultra
or the time when they were asked to promise they wouldn't run as independants, and Trump straight out said 'I won't'
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Replying to @ColumPaget @okayultra
sure, but he didn't win the primary because he told the story better, he won it because he told a different story
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Replying to @chaosprime @okayultra
the main story he told was just "I'm different" that's all it took.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @okayultra
nah. he told the strongman story. i'm a winner. i'm the best. i'll crush my foes. i'm what you want to be.
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Replying to @chaosprime @okayultra
strong candidates would have burst his bubble, made him look ridiculous, but they didn't
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Replying to @ColumPaget @okayultra
yeah, or maybe taken one for the team. Cruz + Rubio together never had less than Trump's numbers til both went down.
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but "strong" is contextual. vileness is a weakness in the general in a way that it isn't in the Republican primary.
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someone without the chops to trade bon mots with Trump could maybe beat Hlilary just by having lower negatives.
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there are a lot of people in this country who would vote for a bowl of lukewarm oatmeal over Hillary.
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but ask them to choke down something *that* much worse than a bowl of lukewarm oatmeal and they balk.
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