Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ® said Thursday that he believes former President Trump kept classified documents after leaving the White House because “he wants to pretend he’s still president.” “I think it was purely ego,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think, Jake, he could not and still cannot…
The logic goes during the primary and even during the general election, Dems attacking Trump drives more supporters to him. Having it come from inside the party diffuses the tribalism. Once the general campaign starts, I agree, Dems should sling mud, because mud slinging works.
They shouldn’t be attacking ONLY Trump. This is an endless problem with Democrats. They are never willing to go on the offensive against ALL Republicans. This is why even after some horribly unpopular Republican presidents, come the next election, the GOP is just as electable as they were before. It’s because Democrats don’t tie these awful right-wing policies and endless corruption as being endemic of all Republicans.
The flip side is that Republicans never miss an opportunity to demonized Democrats. They never miss a chance to rile people up against all Democrats.
You may hate republican politicians (as I do), but you have to admit they’ve been extremely successful at coordinating attacks against a single thing at a time. It’s all in on hate against one thing, then the next. They’re very good at mobilizing their followers’ anger and keeping it focused on exactly what they want it focused on.
Meanwhile, there are like a hundred things that democrats want to get done and prioritizing any of it has proven really difficult. Diverse social policy is so much harder to advocate for across a large group than hate against a singular target.
Oh absolutely. Republicans are worthless pieces of human garbage, BUT they are both well coordinated and know exactly how to speak to their base to get them riled up. This is how they get results.
Democrats are like wrangling cats. Democrats are more willing to attack their own than to attack the common enemy (i.e. the GOP). Republicans are focused on a few key issues and they are willing to take years and years to finally get their way (look at RoevWade). Democrats are all over the goddamn place, have zero focus and unless their candidate can get them the results they want in a few weeks into their term in office, they quickly lose interest.
Also Dems are god awful at communicating with voters. They have no clue about messaging - the economy is shockingly strong, wages have had their largest gains in decades, interest rates are still at historic lows, the unemployment rate is at unfathomably low levels, and lots of manufacturing is coming back to the US, and yet even with all that Dems are constantly moping about the economy and not selling the successes of this administration. Contrast that with when George W Bush had that “Mission Accomplished” banner made just a few months into the Iraq war - a war that lasted years and years after W’s speech.
I have nothing good to say about Republican policies, and yet their tactics are usually brilliant. On the flip side, I agree with most Democratic policies, and yet their tactics are utterly clueless as well as spineless. It is infuriating to watch.