Political Pros Fear Campaigns No Longer Matter

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | September 28, 2017 | Rush Limbaugh

[dsc]

“As you rightly point out, plain speaking “trumps” Madison Avenue BS with the people now”

Yes, but a big part of it was Trump telling the truth. I think people were starved for that.

[publius911]

Political Pros Fear Campaigns No Longer Matter

Before wasting time on this imponderable I would need to know if anyone keeps track of how much the candidates are required by law to report they received in contributions from the time they announce their candidacy until they deliver their concession or victory speech, as well as how much they spent?

At the heart of this question is the obvious unasked one :

Is running for high political office a criminal or an irrational activity?
It must be one or the other. Possibly both.

That applies both to the losers as well as the winners. But the consequential realities must be that there are a many of both criminal and successful irrational candidates.

Why would a voter want to create any of either?
Specially who wants to elect an irrational president?

[MortMan]

Just show me the candidate and have them speak plainly and tell me how they feel.

The problem is, with politicians you can't discern truth from fiction. And THAT is a direct consequence of their leaning on political consultants so heavily.

[Liz]

TOO DEEP FOR COCKEYED LIBERALS TO UNDERSTAND
BUT IT'S NO SURPRISE TO SAVVY CONSERVATIVES........

The uber-liberal Washington Post exhibits a new academic study showing that candidate Hillary Clinton's billion dollar ad machine (and years-long burnishing of her campaign credentials......especially as Secy of State sucking up to foreign powers)......had almost no measurable persuasive impact, at least in general elections.

REALITY CHECK---The nefarious multi-billion dollar Clinton Family Foundation had bought off everything in sight.....they figured she was a shoo-in.

The Clinton arrogance was breathtaking.

They campaigned like they were sitting on top of the world. They did outrageous things in full view of the electorate.

Smarty-pants Hillary and Bill figured those "stupid deplorables" couldn't figure it out.

[Liz]

DATELINE August 2015----America's in the throes of Hillary's presidential aspirations (groan).

WASHINGTON DC […] Top diplomats from Russia and China joined a rare meeting of world powers’ envoys on Capitol Hill this week with roughly 30 Senate Democrats to tamp down concerns over Obama's [Iran] nuclear agreement.

[…] During the meeting (which was confirmed to Foreign Policy magazine by an aide to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)), a number of Democrats expressed genuine confusion about how world powers would react if Congress rejected the [Iran] deal. […]

On Thursday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) alluded to the meeting […] Other lawmakers attending the briefing included Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Chris Coons of Delaware, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and others. ====================================

Oops. Democrat Sen McCaskill denies meeting Russians----McCaskill Tweets She Has Never Met or Called Russian Ambassador. But Past Tweets State Otherwise and so does this pic.

REALITY CHECK Senator Claire McCaskill (and Senator Mary Landrieu) meet with the Russian Ambassador