Matt Grossman is a political scientist at Michigan State, and he made a few observations about the Democratic field that have surprised him so far:
2020 surprises so far compared to what I expected:
1) Less attention for Harris & Booker
2) Few gender differences in polls
3) Harris & Beto boomlets deflated absent negative coverage
4) Fox focus on AOC, not Bernie
5) Stabillity of Biden
6) Little differentiation in early states— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) April 15, 2019
We’ll admit No. 1 surprised up quite a bit: Kamala Harris got quite a bit of coverage at first, but her pal Cory Booker can’t seem to draw the media any more than his friend T-Bone could. What can we say? We thought Spartacus was going to leverage that shameful performance into a successful campaign.
And we’ll have to take Grossman’s word on No. 4: We know Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Fox News is obsessed with her and even likes to call her just “Cortez” because it’s more stereotypically Hispanic-sounding and therefore scarier to Fox News’ xenophobic white audience.
Vox founder Ezra Klein also picked out the focus on Ocasio-Cortez and not her socialist comrade Bernie Sanders.
The Fox focus on AOC, not Bernie, really makes clear what their game — and Trump-era conservatism — is really about. https://t.co/UItNBFLko4
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 15, 2019
Um, if you’re gonna announce that the jig is up, at least explain to us what the jig is. He’s going to make us guess, isn’t he? Meanwhile, let’s see what’s going on over at Vox:
My count of Vox articles since 1/1/2019 with "Ocasio-Cortez" in the headline = 24
My count of Vox articles since 1/1/2019 with "Bernie Sanders" in the headline = 23So what is @voxdotcom's game all about? https://t.co/sTjyPXYguy
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 15, 2019
Incredible that you say this out loud.
You do realize we can see all the fapping yall do over her, no?
We see you, Ezra ? https://t.co/Ok1eoK1k1w
— LaurieAnn ??♂️ (@mooshakins) April 15, 2019
*Vox https://t.co/cwn6Fi2fKo https://t.co/orCHigeDUj
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) April 15, 2019
We clicked and got around 2,440 results.
— Wall Street (@WallSt) April 15, 2019
— Wall Street (@WallSt) April 15, 2019
— Wall Street (@WallSt) April 15, 2019
It's about you embarrassing yourself because people mock whichever idiots are getting attention. https://t.co/dYXPcATzRa
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 15, 2019
Meanwhile, across town …
"The Fox focus on AOC, not Bernie", he tweeted about an hour before a Fox News town hall with… guess who… pic.twitter.com/7qX8e919jZ
— Mike Real-Last-Name-Unknown (@Detached_Mess) April 15, 2019
Sanders will be holding a town hall on what channel tonight?
— Dio76 (@Bri76) April 15, 2019
They have a town hall with him on right now.
— Sunny Day (@jlhx13_day) April 15, 2019
Uh, Fox is having a Town Hall right this minute with Bernie! So you were saying… .????
— HappyGirl (@JL42789377) April 15, 2019
But back to the original tweet, which we still don’t understand …
What does this mean. Can you clarify? It seems that AOC and the media have worked together to elevate her voice and standing. What does this have to do with Trump?
— Leigh Scott (@realleighscott) April 15, 2019
Ummmm what? I don't get it. AOC is always asserting herself and saying the stupidest things, at least Bernie is a grown up, much harder to attack.
— Shauna (@Shauna74891161) April 15, 2019
AOC makes it too easy. Every time she opens her mouth something stupid falls out
— James Whomever (@JamesWhomever) April 15, 2019
It's all about letting the cancer of leftism destroy itself. It's beautiful to watch.
— Brimley Wiflord (@brimleywiflord) April 15, 2019
Bernie's chances of winning the presidency is slim & none.
His chances of screwing up the Dem's winning the presidency is pretty damn good.— Angry Dem #18 (@MakeANoteOfThat) April 15, 2019
It is almost like the media focuses on what gets the most reaction from their audience
— Torin McCabe (@torinmccabe) April 15, 2019
eh it's just that she's the new flavor.
— Jerry! (@youneedabath) April 15, 2019
One is a billionaire corporate executive and the other is a bartender with a credit score in the 400s. If you can't see there is a difference, you are the stupidest person on Twitter.
— scott971b (@scott971b) April 15, 2019
The Right and most Independents are watching the current Democrat sh*tshow with amazement. Dems better get back to basics if they want to have a chance in 2020.
— Rico (@ericntyler) April 15, 2019
Related:
'Oh, that's rich'! Vox peddles straight-up fake news about Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and AOC https://t.co/C5eeP4YzQ1
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 9, 2019
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