Recent polling and events show that politics of the Supreme Court battle keeps getting worse for Republicans. Democrats have every reason to feel confident that we have the political high ground and should aggressively push our case.
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The GOP shutting down Senate work on aid for the unemployed and vaccine funding, but twisting themselves into a pretzel to push forward a nominee that could overturn the ACA in a pandemic is a chance for Democrats to make them pay a historic price messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-lo…
Four members of the Judiciary committee are vulnerable GOP Senators. They are about to become the face of everything voters hate about politics. If we play our cards right, rushing through this nomination could be the last act of this Republican Majority. messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-lo…
In a recent debate, @harrisonjaime showed how to make Republicans pay by destroying @LindseyGrahamSC for choosing what is best for Republicans in DC over what is bet for the people of South Carolina messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-lo…
Please consider subscribing to Message Box, a newsletter about political and message strategy for people passionate about politics. A portion of every subscription is being donated to @BlackVotersMtr - a critical group organizing and registering voters messagebox.substack.com/subscribe?utm_…

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7 Oct
Trump's irresponsible and erratic behavior present Democrats with the opportunity to make the last month about Trump's failed COVID response. Here are some thoughts on the most persuasive messages to use when talking about the COVID Patient in Chief

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1. Sympathy is nice, but not necessary: Recent polling shared with me shows there is no backlash to being critical of Trump while he is ill. No need to twist yourself into a pretzel to be nice to someone that has never been nice to anyone in their life. messagebox.substack.com/p/talking-abou…
2. Trump's failure to protect himself is emblematic of his failure to protect all of us. This is about more than his own irresponsibly absurd behavior. messagebox.substack.com/p/talking-abou…
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26 Sep
Democrats have to talk about Trump's attempts to shred our democracy, but how we talk about it matters a lot. The wrong language reinforces Trump's message and could discourage our voters. Here are my thoughts on the right approach messagebox.substack.com/p/talking-abou…
We spend so much time talking about Trump's power to steal the election that we ignore our own - much greater - power to stop him from stealing it. messagebox.substack.com/p/talking-abou…
Trump is an incompetent, weak loser that is losing the election and contemplating desperate ploys to save his flagging campaign. That is the context into which we must put all of Trump's dictatorial fever dreams messagebox.substack.com/p/talking-abou…
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23 Sep
How the SCOTUS confirmation process plays out in Congress and in the campaign is TBD. Based on some recent polling, I have some thoughts on how we can make Republicans pay a political price for rigging the court. messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-co…
1. Make it about the issues, not GOP hypocrisy or process fouls. The best message about the GOP rushing to confirmation to get a Justice that will help them overturn the ACA in the middle of a pandemic. messagebox.substack.com/p/a-supreme-co…
2. Keep the Fight Big. The person Trump nominates is beside the point. We know that person will overturn Roe V. Wade, the ACA, and a new Voting Rights bill. Keep the focus on the policy implications not the specifics of the nominee.
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17 Sep
New Poll: @crookedmedia/@ChangePolls polled new and infrequent voters in the battleground states. The poll offers some good news for @JoeBiden and some very specific guidance. Here are the best messages to turn out this critical group of voters: messagebox.substack.com/p/winning-the-…
Two key priorities to win these key voters:

1. Win the economic debate: Trump still has an advantage on the issue, but is very vulnerable.

2. Inform them about Biden: This hard to reach group wants more info on Biden's plans.

More on how to do that:

messagebox.substack.com/p/winning-the-…
For more information on the latest @crookedmedia / @ChangePolls PollerCoaster poll crooked.com/articles/polle…
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5 Sep
A lot of people keep saying @TheAtlantic story about Trump won't matter because "nothing matters" when it comes to Trump. This notion is self-defeating and wrong, so I took a break from Labor Day weekend to write up how we can make sure it matters messagebox.substack.com/p/trump-the-tr…
The idea that Trump is a "Teflon Don" is absurd when he losing to Biden by 7% and underperforming his pretty poor '16 popular vote by about 4%. Voters have punished Trump at the polls and the ballot box for his conduct and it can happen again. messagebox.substack.com/p/trump-the-tr…
It doesn't matter what the pundits predict, we decide what matters. We need to spend less time worrying about whether Trump will get away with another outrage and more time making sure that he doesn’t. Here are some ideas on how to make that happen messagebox.substack.com/p/trump-the-tr…
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30 Aug
From the convention to Kenosha, Trump is trying run as a classic "strongman" politician. As Trump sows chaos, Democrats have the opportunity to go on offense and paint Trump as weak and undermine his core strength with a lot of his voters messagebox.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-…
By speaking/tweeting incessantly about chaos and violence happening on his watch, Trump is trying to re-capture some of his 2016 racist magic, but he is also leading with his chin. Painting Trump as weak is important but all of us could do a better job of framing Biden as strong
Pundits often confuse competence and strength. It's possible for Trump to be incompetent and seem strong to voters. As Bill Clinton once said "When people are insecure, they'd rather have somebody who is strong and wrong than someone who's weak and right."messagebox.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-…
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