Kamala & her team ran a great campaign given the short time frame, but nobody among the Democrats right now has the ability to hold the attention of the mainstream media like Trump has done over the past nearly 10 years now. Harris had it for the 10 days to 2 weeks after Biden dropped out & endorsed Harris, but then the media swung away from Harris & Walz and went back to 24/7 Trump.
Obama in 2008 got the attention of the media because he was the first major party black candidate. He got a lot more positive attention, but far more negative attention as well, than McCain. Trump has basically dominated the mainstream media coverage since he came down that escalator in 2015 to say that Mexico was sending drugs, crime, etc to America. It allows him to drive the media narrative most days, even if it's negative much of the time. (Remember the old adage from PT Barnum - "there's no such thing as bad publicity", with the corollary from Oscar Wilde "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"
Trump lost in 2020 because he was an effing disaster as president & widespread mail in voting allowed Dem turnout to surge. Obama won in 2012 because he had a good 1st term & Romney was a mediocre candidate. Bush won re-election in 2004 because of 9/11 and Kerry being a mediocre candidate.
Only Bill Clinton & Barack Obama were able to capture the attention of the mainstream media for Democrats and hold it over the past 30+ years now. Bush had it in 2000 & Trump had it in 2016/2024.
Too many Democrats see Trump's gaffes and craziness and think "don't interrupt your opponent when they're making a mistake" - but, it allowed Trump to keep the attention on Trump.
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