You can go and wander through all the chatter, and hundreds of comments made weekly by journalists and intellectual types....but the essential Trump technique goes back to one formula which has never been performed before.
Instant reaction to a comment or report by the news media, and in the space of one single hour....he's formed the response, and put it via Twitter. Past Presidents of the last thirty years? They all needed to go to a support committee....discuss this at length....looking at polling data, and then find the appropriate way to respond. You could be talking about a minimum of three hours for an 'emergency' response, and maybe up to three days for a news media 'return of fire'.
Trump won't listen to the chief of staff that much, or the twenty-odd people around him....at least not to the degree that Bush, Clinton or Obama did. Trump might listen to his daughter or sons, but again....he's got an opinion in his head, and he's begging to Tweeter that to the public.
Can the Democrats find someone like this? Presently, I don't think a Trump-like character exists. Even if you brought Oprah onto the scene....she's just not the same match. Bloomberg? In a debate situation, he might be able to match up to Trump....but in a minute-by-minute Tweeter response? No....he can't deliver at that rate.
The value of the news media to the Democratic campaign? Presently, I think they've been neutralized. After Trump utters 'fake news' enough....people identify NPR, Time, Newsweek, CNN and the rest.....to some degree, as 'fake news'.
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