he tried to win an election without controlling strong non-electoral power structures in, specifically, mass media. the idea was he was going to win the first three contests and the media and party would fall in line. they instead consolidated. https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1247662710365605888

being meaner or more aggressive doesn't solve that. being more conciliatory or compromising doesn't solve that (as Warren showed). whatever weird take you have about how those two campaigns interacted or how you wanted them to respond doesn't matter. problem's bigger

it is not fun to talk about and is mostly useless to talk about, which is why I'm doing threads on ME:A now instead of Wisconsin. it's long-term organizing and taking advantage of structural changes you can't predict. hard necessary work, and maybe no pay off! bad for tweets https://twitter.com/twobugsGaming/status/1247671773111386112