Joe Scarborough has been a lavish licker of the Donald’s boots for months now, but this recent tweetstorm has made him break up with his former BFF and write this “Dear John” letter.
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Trump Can't Tweet His Way to Victory Vs. Hillary
–The Washington Post https://t.co/vTgXX4v5cJ pic.twitter.com/rCrwP9enDN— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 7, 2016
The political ascent of Donald Trump has given rise to the mistaken belief in some quarters that the fundamentals that have won political campaigns for years no longer apply in 2016. Perhaps 30 second ads will never be the powerful medium they once were, but the basics of political blocking and tackling will always matter in general elections. That means the candidate who identifies, targets, and drags out the most supporters to the polls on election day will win the White House.
Donald Trump’s victory over 16 Republican rivals was surprising. But what was more stunning was the fact that no Republican candidate (other than Ted Cruz) bothered building a viable ground operation. And anyone on Team Trump who believes their candidate can tweet his way to victory in November is greatly mistaken.
Just like the seeds to Super Bowl wins are planted in preseason practices, Barack Obama’s White House win in 2008 was assured by the investing millions of dollars and ceaseless work on his campaign’s ground game a year earlier. It was the same formula that propelled President Obama to reelection four years later.
Hell hath no fury like a Morning Joe scorned!!!
A lot of what he says is true – those who are prematurely celebrating the general election are doing so because they think a primary is just like a general election, and it’s not.
We’ll update when the childish toddler throws a Twitter TrumperTantrum over this. It’s such a shame when former lovers bitterly fight after the honeymoon is over!!