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"The plagiarized paragraph shows that the Trump campaign isn't very well organized. I think most knew that." Compared to who? Hillary's #stealthebern campaign

"The plagiarized paragraph shows that the Trump campaign isn't very well organized. I think most knew that." Compared to who? Hillary's #stealthebern campaign or the 2007/8 plagiarism scandals with Obama? Joe Biden has some serious scandals as well. If the media weren't pushing a certain angle, all these scandals would have been kept in context. Instead one line from a politician's wife's speechwriter now means he's running a "campaign that isn't very well organized."

nl 10y ago
The line from the speech was just an example that underlined how little staffing Trump has. I think it is pretty widely recognized that his staff isn't experienced, and there are very few of them compared to a usual campaign. If you don't agree, I understand that we are talking partisan politics, so I'm unlikely to convince you. Perhaps consider listening to some political wonk podcasts and you hear how amazed they are at how the convention was run. Things like calling Fox during one of his speaker's speeches, not knowing what multiple speakers were saying, and the whole thing with the VP rollout: http://www.vox.com/2016/7/15/12199676/trump-vp-pence-rollout http://www.vox.com/2016/7/15/12199676/trump-vp-pence-rollout Mitt Romney's convention was nothing like this, nor was any other convention from either side of politics. It isn't really surprising - he isn't exactly from the core of the Republican party, so he hasn't been able to rely on people just doing what they always do. That's a quite reasonable explanation, but it doesn't deny the facts of his disorganized campaign. Now it may well work out fine - a lot of things that people thought were important are tuning out not to be.
- blackflame7000 10y ago
  Vox/Salon are not a credible sources on anything Republican. That's like using Fox News as a reliable news source for Democrats.
- DefaultUserHN 10y ago
  And yet, Trump is basically tied with Hillary in the polls. Even when she is vastly outspending Trump, and overly out-staffing Trump, Hillary still can't beat Trump in the polls. In fact, in some polls, Trump is well ahead of her. What does this really says about Trump's efficiency compare to Hillary?

nl 10y ago

The line from the speech was just an example that underlined how little staffing Trump has. I think it is pretty widely recognized that his staff isn't experienced, and there are very few of them compared to a usual campaign. If you don't agree, I understand that we are talking partisan politics, so I'm unlikely to convince you. Perhaps consider listening to some political wonk podcasts and you hear how amazed they are at how the convention was run. Things like calling Fox during one of his speaker's speeches, not knowing what multiple speakers were saying, and the whole thing with the VP rollout: http://www.vox.com/2016/7/15/12199676/trump-vp-pence-rollout http://www.vox.com/2016/7/15/12199676/trump-vp-pence-rollout Mitt Romney's convention was nothing like this, nor was any other convention from either side of politics. It isn't really surprising - he isn't exactly from the core of the Republican party, so he hasn't been able to rely on people just doing what they always do. That's a quite reasonable explanation, but it doesn't deny the facts of his disorganized campaign. Now it may well work out fine - a lot of things that people thought were important are tuning out not to be.

blackflame7000 10y ago
Vox/Salon are not a credible sources on anything Republican. That's like using Fox News as a reliable news source for Democrats.
DefaultUserHN 10y ago
And yet, Trump is basically tied with Hillary in the polls. Even when she is vastly outspending Trump, and overly out-staffing Trump, Hillary still can't beat Trump in the polls. In fact, in some polls, Trump is well ahead of her. What does this really says about Trump's efficiency compare to Hillary?