08-22-2016, 02:19 PM
(08-22-2016, 01:45 PM)Duchess Wrote: HotD, do you think Kellyanne will hang in there until the election? I like to think she's already regretting her decision to work for his campaign. She's done nothing but spin.
I have no idea whether she'll stay until election day. She started off strong in her media appearances and lent Trump some credibility, in my opinion.
But, now that she's being pushed for policy details, she's in a tricky spot. Trying to pivot away from the extreme positions Trump has taken over the last 15 months would be a huge challenge for any campaign manager and spokesperson.
More people, in the general population and in the electoral college, disagree than agree with Trump's positions and he's alienated a significant percentage of voters. More people than not also consider Trump unqualified in skills, vision, and temperament to run the country, according to the recent polls.
So, I don't think Kellyanne has many options other than to spin the past and try to push Trump to adopt her more centrist spin if he wants to win. If he effectively moves more towards the center, how much of his loyal base who agree with his extreme positions will he lose?
Hard to know whether it's better to just let Trump be Trump like Lewindowsky (and Manafort, to a lesser degree) did, or try to reset the candidate and the campaign like Kellyanne appears to be doing. Trump was trailing Clinton across the board for almost two months when Kellyanne took over the campaign, so I don't think she'll be held personally or professionally responsible if he loses and she sure is getting a lot of exposure from the gig.