Theory: almost no one is sincerely interested in detailed candidate "plans" despite feigned insistence otherwisehttps://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/717432644003373056 …
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Replying to @mtracey
Putting out exceptionally detailed "policy plans," a la Hillary, is a good way of deflecting attention from your actual record.
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The way to discern how a candidate would govern is to interrogate their guiding principles & scrutinize their record. "Plans" just distract.
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Issuing meticulously fine-tuned "plans" can be useful for signaling Seriousness to gullible pundits and wonks, but that's about it.
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@mtracey Michael Lind did a nice takedown of the idea that presidential candidates are policy planners/innovators: http://www.salon.com/2015/04/13/the_medias_dangerous_policy_wonk_fetish_why_america_doesnt_need_a_president_with_bold_new_ideas/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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