Posted on 05/01/2016 10:42:59 AM PDT by jazusamo
I read hundreds of articles and posts every week in an effort to distill for you those that I think are the most informative. This week, there is only one clear choice, the memo Rich Danker (Lone Star Committee Founder) wrote and which William Kristol republished in edited form in the Weekly Standard:
It explains better than anyone else has the reason for Donald Trumps front-runner status, dissecting what has been a strategically brilliant campaign. Its worth your time to read if you seek to understand this years Republican primary. As well it should be considered a template for future candidates for national office and a pink slip to the remoras who have proven subpar in recent Republican presidential contests.
In sum, Danker notes that Trump eschewed the formula Republican candidates have been using for years.
He tried to win every state, instead of just cherry picking those he thought he could win.
He basically took every legitimate media interview request that landed in his inbox. He held numerous press conferences and took lots of reporters' questions. He became such a staple of the television talk shows that he was afforded the rare privilege of phoning in his appearances rather than appearing on camera.
He aimed for mass appeal using interviews, public appearances, and twitter to reach out to voters, eschewing ads until the very end of each states campaign.
He did no polling or micro targeting of voters.
He had no repetitive well-rehearsed stump speech. Instead he gave exclusively extemporaneous remarks at each rally. This gave him the ability to comment at each stop on what was happening that day in the news, which led to more earned media.
In sum, he recognized that:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ping!
Yes I circulated this article to the MAGA list a few days ago. Great insight.
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Just makes me wonder which Executive Chef came up with the recipe for all the crow these bozos are going to have to consume.
I seem to recall Thinker pundits only a couple of weeks ago equating Trump with having the entire planet consumed by a Galactic Black Hole.....
...ain’t payback a *itch???
No one will convince me that Scott Walker was ever in this for the long haul. He is establishment all the way, along with his Wisconsin buddies, Reince Priebus and Paul Ryan. And the establishment was all in for Jebbie.
Same with me, he’s got the GOPe scared to death as well as illegals going bonkers.
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