With Help Like This...
Susan Estrich writes that she knew, even when Dukakis was way ahead in 1988, that he was a goner. Wow! She must have been a horrible campaign manager to think that. (Or perhaps it's hindsight. Yeah, I think that's it.)
Sometimes you can look at the numbers, and doom stares you in the face. [....] By the summer of 1988, the country had turned from believing we were on the wrong track to thinking we were on the right track. They thought my candidate, Governor Dukakis, was more conservative than he actually was — that’s what beating Jesse Jackson every Tuesday will do for you.
Amazingly, Mickey Kaus misinteprets what she means, even after a reader corrects him. The point she's making is that once the voters figured he wasn't so conservative, he'd naturally start dropping in the polls. Mickey reads it as saying they were turned off by him because they thought he was too conservative.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:18 AM
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What is the connection between being a horrible campaign manager and thinking your candidate is a goner? Isn't the question whether you see the situation as it is? The last thing I'd want is a campaign manager who can't see reality.
The Ghost of SWMBCg.
It's one thing for your campaign manager to be looking ahead. When you've got a 17 point lead and she figures you're going to lose, time to get someone less ln need of meds.
By the way, isn't it time you started posting again?
Depends. Where are you?
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