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Saturday, May 12, 2018

The Media Is Killing the Democratic Party

Column: The Democratic message has been reduced to Russia and Stormy Daniels

Ever since April 30, when the New York Times published a list of topics that special counsel Robert Mueller would like to ask President Trump about, cable news and the political press have focused exclusively on the two major legal matters in which the president is entangled.

First, of course, is Mueller's open-ended probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Second is the Southern District of New York's investigation into Trump attorney Michael Cohen's business dealings, including with Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels. The coverage has been typically sensationalist and hyperbolic. Each new revelation, personnel change, Tweet, and television interview is greeted as a prelude to Trump's defenestration and exile. Putin, Mueller, Comey, Stormy, Rudy, and the two Michaels, Cohen and Avenatti—these are the only names that seem to matter in American political discourse.

What the Democratic Party has not recognized is that Trump's legal dramas, though good for ratings, have done little to benefit the political opposition. On the contrary: President Trump's approval rating has been on the upswing. He stands at 44 percent approval in the Real Clear Politics average, his highest rating in a year. That number might well be slightly higher, given the existence of "Shy Trump Voters" who are afraid of the stigma attached to approving of the president.

Meanwhile, since December, the Democratic advantage on the congressional generic ballot has been cut in half, from plus 13 points to plus 6.5 points. In a new survey, pollsters for Democracy Corps and Women's Voices Women's Vote Action Fund, while optimistic about Democratic chances in the fall, nonetheless concede that the party's "momentum has stalled in the last few months."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The dumbocrats are killing the dumbocrat party

Anonymous said...

The Dems have nothing but self-created and promoted innuendo.

Anonymous said...

A vote for Democrats is a vote against America.

lmclain said...

It's because these loser sissies have wonderful RHETORIC. Their PROMISES are oustanding. Ask any black voter.
It WOULD be great if no one worked, ate anytime they wanted, went to college for free, had a nice house with no payments, had seven kids and no medical bills and free daycare.
The problem occurs when THINKING, rational people ask "who is paying for all this free stuff?" and Nancy Pelosi stands up and yells "I'm going to make YOU pay for it!!"
They vote Republican and tell their friends "I really stuck it to 'em!"
Their friends don't understand who they are talking about. LOL.
Keep cheering.

Anonymous said...

The media is a branch of the democrat PARTY. Let them destroy themselves. Is that really a bad thing?? HELL look at our POS governor.