Comms and stuff. Reluctant Substacker. Former Spox for @WhiteHouse46, @SpeakerPelosi, @Commerce46 @DCCC, @BetoORourke
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I’m launching a substack on how Dems fix our communications problems.
Quick interviews with smart communicators across our party on what’s working, what isn’t, and what comes next.
Hope you’ll read the first edition and my convo with @AndrewBatesNC.
open.substack.com/pub/onback…
Senate Majority PACs’ @laurennfrench on a Senate map that’s extending into states Trump won by double digits
Why Senate Dems are focusing on costs AND corruption in their closing arguments.
h/t @laurennfrench
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Pretty striking contrast with Josh Turek
#KansasSenate
Adam Hamilton on transgender rights:
“I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself.”
“I’m gonna love the trans person as well as the straight person, male or female. We have to do better than picking on small groups. What’s happened is we’ve turned a group of people into a campaign issue because it polls well.”
This is the most effective version of I’ve seen of the ‘cost of corruption” messaging Dems are running on across the country.
Democrats are running ads in #NC11 treating Republican Jennifer Balkcom like a 1980s company.
"At Balkcom's energy division, we've partnered with Duke Energy to create what we call 'profit synergy.' Duke donates to Jennifer Balkcom, she protects Duke's profits, you pay more."
Robyn Patterson retweeted
New: OutYouth, an LGBTQ+ youth program in Austin, says it's briefly closing for safety reasons because it was mentioned in the fake trans resource guide pamphlets that went out this week across Texas chron.com/culture/article/te…
.@MikeRogersForMI is desperately trying to distract voters from rising gas and health care costs. Unfortunately for him, it’s not working.
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Robyn Patterson retweeted
If you're not feeding your oppo to creators, then you're way behind the curve IMHO
Most of the major stories shaping the midterms have originated from creators
The decision to pitch oppo to influencers may help take down a Republican Congressman in a must-win House race.
h/t @patdennis
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Robyn Patterson retweeted
The sweetest feeling in all of political comms is a reporter not taking a pitch and then later being boxed into writing it because you've engineered events to force their hand, like giving oppo to an influencer that then goes viral.
The decision to pitch oppo to influencers may help take down a Republican Congressman in a must-win House race.
h/t @patdennis
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Focus on the tangible!
Smart take from @patdennis on connecting abstract themes like “democracy” and “corruption” to the real world cost and safety issues that actually move votes.
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The decision to pitch oppo to influencers may help take down a Republican Congressman in a must-win House race.
h/t @patdennis
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Robyn Patterson retweeted
After all that, Dems lead by nine on transgender issues
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ABC/Ipsos/WaPo poll | 10/9-10/13 LV
Which political party do you trust to do a better job handling each of the following? (Net)
🟦 Healthcare: D+23
🟦 Education and schools: D+14
🟦 Cost of living: D+14
🟦 Inflation: D+14
🟦 Iran: D+11
🟦 Transgender issues: D+9
🟦 Economy: D+9
🟦 Reducing government corruption: D+9
🟦 Taxes: D+7
🟦 Israel and Gaza: D+7
🟦 Immigration: D+2
——
🟥 Crime: R+5
Will never cease to be amazed by people who look at what Trump world does to its own and decide “it’ll work out differently for me”.
ZACHARIA IS ON THE WAY OUT ALREADY 👇
Q: Would you have liked to have known that Katie Zacharia didn't pass the bar?
TRUMP: Katie has been treated very badly by the media. Very very badly. Very unfair. I just asked her, is this for you? And she's a nice person. I'm going to let her make that decision. Sean Hannity was a little bit tough. Katie is off to a start that, the news has been so nasty to her. I told her, 'Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider.' Maybe it's not for her
Robyn Patterson retweeted
Q: Can you name a time when you voted against your party and President Trump and it changed the outcome?
SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Secretary Hegseth. As you undoubtedly have read, at the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated for that job.
Q: So it didn't change the outcome
I feel kind of bad for them at this point
I’m just glad Mike Collins isn’t alive to see these clips
Robyn Patterson retweeted
Anytime @RM_Patterson asks, I answer.
Loved getting to talk (House) shop with one of my favorite friends and former colleagues!
Good insight from @Court_Rice on the races she and the DCCC will be watching closely for early clues on election night
open.substack.com/pub/onback…
Good insight from @Court_Rice on the races she and the DCCC will be watching closely for early clues on election night
open.substack.com/pub/onback…
"In previous cycles, you’d see Democrats up and down the ballot operating under the belief that they shouldn’t give these attacks any more oxygen by refuting them. It didn’t work."
h/t @Court_Rice
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Robyn Patterson retweeted
If you ask a pretty broad range of people in Dem messaging research how to respond to anti-trans attacks - from Third Way to Sarah Longwell to HRC to DSA to Fight - they'll all suggest some version of the below. So why are so few listening?
