Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is in Trouble [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)Warren especially. Here's a Harvard professor senator wonk, and she gets to Iowa, and she realizes the concerns there are different... but most important, figures out how they relate to her main policy themes.
The ability to stay true to yourself but adapt to your audience is very useful in a campaign. Think of Obama. He was/is always himself, but he always showed respect for those he was talking to and took the time to figure out how he could adapt his message to address what was important to them.
It might sound like manipulation but it really is respect.
(I think in the future, like we think of Churchill as the man who could change the world with a speech, we'll think of Obama as probably the best campaigner.)
Now as for Sanders, there's that point-- Can a candidate stand firm and true and also adapt? Without feeling like it's selling out?
(But he's still polling pretty well. We'll have to see the polls as the impeachment gets underway, as it becomes more likely it won't be Trump on the other side.)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden