David Shor

And, you know, I think that a lot of the things that we're most concerned about, Elon causing chaos in the federal government, cuts to, you know, Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security, extending tax breaks for the rich. Obviously, this list of things is not exactly the same as my top five things that I am personally most concerned about with the Trump administration.

And, you know, I think that a lot of the things that we're most concerned about, Elon causing chaos in the federal government, cuts to, you know, Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security, extending tax breaks for the rich. Obviously, this list of things is not exactly the same as my top five things that I am personally most concerned about with the Trump administration.

But I think that the Republicans are making a lot of unforced errors that make it easier to thread the needle on these things than I think it otherwise would be true.

But I think that the Republicans are making a lot of unforced errors that make it easier to thread the needle on these things than I think it otherwise would be true.

Can you just like think for a second? Can you imagine 70 words? You like stop a Trump voter on the street and you say the 70 words to him and then there's a 2.5% chance he changes his mind. I think that's incredible. Like, I think it is a big deal.

Can you just like think for a second? Can you imagine 70 words? You like stop a Trump voter on the street and you say the 70 words to him and then there's a 2.5% chance he changes his mind. I think that's incredible. Like, I think it is a big deal.

I just think that these two pieces of data tell a story of how we should try to shape the campaign against Trump in the next couple months, which is that he is... wrecking havoc in the federal government.

I just think that these two pieces of data tell a story of how we should try to shape the campaign against Trump in the next couple months, which is that he is... wrecking havoc in the federal government.

I think that is consistent with our principles and also something that voters are very concerned about, you know, that he is trying to slash support for the safety net and that he's trying to do tax cuts against the wealthy. And, you know, I think that a lot of this critique of Trump is really very similar to the campaign that we ran against Mitt Romney.

I think that is consistent with our principles and also something that voters are very concerned about, you know, that he is trying to slash support for the safety net and that he's trying to do tax cuts against the wealthy. And, you know, I think that a lot of this critique of Trump is really very similar to the campaign that we ran against Mitt Romney.

And I think that this kind of gets back to what I was saying before of I feel like, you know, we were so shocked by Trump that we kind of forgot the old rules of politics.

And I think that this kind of gets back to what I was saying before of I feel like, you know, we were so shocked by Trump that we kind of forgot the old rules of politics.

Thank you very much. to tie what he's doing to harming individual people. In ads, one of the clearest patterns in ads is that getting a real person and just having them stare at a camera and talk about the ways that Republicans have personally hurt them. It's the best content. It's funny, if you hire actors, it doesn't work as well. People have tried.

Thank you very much. to tie what he's doing to harming individual people. In ads, one of the clearest patterns in ads is that getting a real person and just having them stare at a camera and talk about the ways that Republicans have personally hurt them. It's the best content. It's funny, if you hire actors, it doesn't work as well. People have tried.

And that's why, in some ways, I'm optimistic that Democrats will be able to thread the Because the two things that we should do is fight against social welfare cuts and also attack Elon Musk for the chaos he's creating. And I think that that's something that basically every wing of the party should be on board with.

And that's why, in some ways, I'm optimistic that Democrats will be able to thread the Because the two things that we should do is fight against social welfare cuts and also attack Elon Musk for the chaos he's creating. And I think that that's something that basically every wing of the party should be on board with.

The most predictable thing in American politics, and we get surprised every single time it happens, is the president comes in, he wins a trifecta, and then he does a bunch of unpopular stuff, he overreaches, and then he becomes very unpopular and loses big in the midterms. You know, that doesn't mean you can't avoid the cycle.

The most predictable thing in American politics, and we get surprised every single time it happens, is the president comes in, he wins a trifecta, and then he does a bunch of unpopular stuff, he overreaches, and then he becomes very unpopular and loses big in the midterms. You know, that doesn't mean you can't avoid the cycle.

But I think that in order to avoid it, like when you look at the people who did the best job, you know, Clinton in 1998 or Kennedy in 1962, you know, they did it by engaging in an enormous amount of policy restraint. And that is just not what Trump has been doing at all. And I think that you can just see in the data that his approval rating is dropping pretty quickly.

But I think that in order to avoid it, like when you look at the people who did the best job, you know, Clinton in 1998 or Kennedy in 1962, you know, they did it by engaging in an enormous amount of policy restraint. And that is just not what Trump has been doing at all. And I think that you can just see in the data that his approval rating is dropping pretty quickly.