We are giving up the narrative

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13. That's a distinction without a difference.

The message of surrogates is the message of the campaign.

If you're talking solely about DU, then I'd agree with you to some degree. We hyper-obsess about Trump to our detriment, and I think we'd be better served by discussing topics like how to volunteer to drive people to the polls and so on.

But that's not who (the royal) we are. Obsessing is kind of in our nature.

That being said, what we say here ultimately matters little. DU is a niche website and our influence is limited. What we do outside of DU is more likely to have an impact.