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Posted on: March 27, 2018 at 21:49:43 CT
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extent. Obama had been a relative unknown, a community organizer who came out of nowhere, was a state senator for 7 years, then a single term as a senator from Illinois.

Trump was constantly in the news headlines, on TV & radio shows and was a household name for decades. Everyone knew him as "The Donald".

Fwiw, I wasn't impressed with him, especially as a candidate, but you can't underestimate the power of the publicity and name recognition. I've heard it said that even bad publicity can be good publicity & to an extent that is probably true. I was amazed to hear that politicians used to wait in line all night, or longer so that they could be first on the ballot because that made a significant difference in the number of votes that they would get. That's nuts as far as I'm concerned, but people are stupid... or at least a lot of people are.

Bottom line, I think Trump had a major advantage out of the gate vs a relative unknown candidate.
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More Americans than ever see media as enemy of Trump - Uncle Fester USMC - 3/27 15:09:25
     It's not hard to see (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/27 15:12:27
          One would have to be wilfully blind. nm. - MUTGR MU - 3/27 15:59:52
          Very hard to see... - ivan drago MU - 3/27 15:22:02
               Bambi? Standard? - tigerfans3 MU - 3/27 16:19:19
               The bias was blatantly obvious both during & after the elect - JeffB MU - 3/27 16:11:08
                    The debate questions were for a primary... - ivan drago MU - 3/27 18:49:37
                         I think you're comparing apples to oranges to a certain - JeffB MU - 3/27 21:49:43
               Obama was not held to a standard. He had none.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 3/27 15:36:26
                    The networks were afraid that any criticism would render - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/27 15:37:23
                         OH PLEASE!! - ivan drago MU - 3/27 15:59:03
                              Bambi was seen by the left, here and abroad - tigerfans3 MU - 3/27 16:22:32
                                   Yeah, I'm still looking for something he did - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/27 16:26:28
                              You're talking about hypotheticals - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/27 16:20:47
                         And in fact, would have with about half the country.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 3/27 15:46:41
               lmfao (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 3/27 15:34:49
               LOL Bullsh#t The MSM didnt hold obama accountable for - Uncle Fester USMC - 3/27 15:26:53
               Maybe by Fox News... (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/27 15:24:29




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