The Platner problem: What went wrong in Maine?
Like a bettor with a large bankroll, a political party has a vested interest in backing the right horse. And while political consultants are thick on the ground in Washington, and while the sophistication of their tools — polls, demographic analyses, social media operations — trumps that of touts at the track, one has to wonder what happened this year in Maine, where the Democrats chose to back an odd horse. My firm conducts background investigations, so I know first-hand that everybody wants to back a winner.
- ▪Like a bettor with a large bankroll, a political party has a vested interest in backing the right horse.
- ▪And while political consultants are thick on the ground in Washington, and while the sophistication of their tools — polls, demographic analyses, social media operations — trumps that of touts at the track, one has to wonder what happened t
- ▪My firm conducts background investigations, so I know first-hand that everybody wants to back a winner.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ The Wrong Lessons to Take From Platner and Paxton — RealClearPolitics - Homepage
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Elections are akin to horse races. Like a bettor with a large bankroll, a political party has a vested interest in backing the right horse. And while political consultants are thick on the ground in Washington, and while the sophistication of their tools — polls, demographic analyses, social media operations — trumps that of touts at the track, one has to wonder what happened this year in Maine, where the Democrats chose to back an odd horse. My firm conducts background investigations, so I know first-hand that everybody wants to back a winner. While there are no guarantees in horse racing — a thoroughbred may pull up lame in the far turn — handicappers try to maximize their odds by maximizing their knowledge of each horse.
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