A few weeks ago, Katie Porter’s campaign for governor of California was back on track. A day after an awkward TV interview went viral, an old video held by the original Orange County Congressman has surfaced and is doing another one of his own.
Around the same time, the US Senate race in Maine was rocked by a flurry of disturbing online posts. For them, Democrat Traham Flaham Plater was disturbed by the police and black people, among other dirty words. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that Platterner had a chest tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol.
At that time, in Virginia, several negative text messages swallowed the proposed General Jay Jones in the CUMULUS of the debate. The Democrat mocked the shooting of the Republican leader of the state house and the prominent mention of watching his children die in their mother’s arms.
If it happened, say, 20 or 30 years ago – those organizations might be enough to chase each of the candidates from their fields, and maybe even end their political careers altogether.
But in California, the porter has pressed on and remains in the top tier of the populous field. In Maine, Platterner continues to draw large, enthusiastic crowds and lead the vote in the Democratic Primary. In Virginia, Jones became the elected representative, defeating his Republican opponent on the liberal line.
Obviously, things have changed.
Actions that once caused eyes to widen, such as the marijuana smoking that called Justice of the Court of Appeals Douglas Ginsburg a seat on the Supreme Court under President Reagan, are now being seen. Personal Iriscretions that were once seen as inappropriate, such as this outside story that kicked Gary Hart out of the 1988 presidential race, raised so many eyebrows.
Gary Hart dropped out of the 1988 presidential race after reports were marred by a scandalous story. Later he jumped into the competition.
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And the old political playbook – confession, isolation, clarity – apparently no longer works, as the people who will come find it not only but likely to reduce the storms of storms and opprobrium.
Look no further than the White House vet. Donald Trump seems to live more controversy – not saying anything for two months, a claim of $ 83.3 in sexual harassment and confirmation of the fight against the calculation of 34 cases – than there are positions of stars in the night sky.
Bill Carrick spent decades organizing in democratic office. A generation or so ago, when faced with a major crisis, he would have told his constituents, “this is unsustainable and better.” But now, Carrick said, “I would be very surprised to tell someone that, unless there was evidence that they had murdered or kidnapped someone, or robbed a bank.”
Kevin Madden, Veteran Republican County Strategist, agreed. Surrender has become a passe. Survival is the new way to fall.
“One thing most politicians have learned is that there is an opportunity to grind it out, to ride out the storm,” Madden said. “When you think a news issue is going viral or becoming a topic that everyone is talking about, just wait. The new bullet … or the new shiny thing will be it.”
One reason is to do a lot of politics, and the way we still do information, specifically and in large numbers.
With the opportunity to personally elevate the reading of their stories – and strengthen their attitude and their Outlook – people can choose those things they want to know about, and choose those they care about and ignore. With such a past, it is very difficult to find a bad sportline to reach Critical Mass. That requires a large audience.
“Many scandals may not have the impact they had because the people in these silos or echo rooms, at the university of political science, political scientists in Houston are so politically charged. “They may not even hear about it, if they don’t want to hear about it.”
The high speed of information – “not only delivered to your door, or at 6: 30 pm with three networks, but also in your pocket, all the time,” as Madden puts it – and makes the events more placed. That makes it more difficult for anyone to go deep or go back wide.
“In a world where there is a wealth of knowledge,” he said, “there is a poverty of attention.”
Seven months after quickly dropping out of the 1988 presidential race, Hart jumped into the race. “Let’s let the people decide,” he said, after confessing his marital sins.
(She also said in the same interview, a few months before discovering her gender, that she had no intention of doing so.)
Hart did not fare well. As long as he is the front runner for the promotion of democracy. Like a reincarnation election, he closed it a few months before he won, failing to secure a single congressional nomination or garner double-digit support in any contest.
“People have decided,” he said, “now I shouldn’t go any further.”
This is how it should be.
PORTER in California and Platterner in Maine are both facing calls to quit their races, with critics questioning their behavior and whether they have the right champion to serve, respectively, as Governor of California or Senator of the ocean. Each of them expressed the tones of their actions. (As happened to Jones, who is the Virginia attorney-elect.)
Voters can take all that into account when choosing their election.
If they want a governor who throws bombs and raids, a senator with a history of illegal comments or – Gulp – White House indictment, that’s their choice.
Let the people decide.
