This story from yesterday is a long litany of Trump campaign insiders throwing each other under the bus.

Jason Lefkowitz

This story from yesterday is a long litany of Trump campaign insiders throwing each other under the bus. (If you get the paywall, archive.today can get you past it.)

The exact details of who's going under the bus and why aren't particularly interesting. What I find interesting is that the story exists at all. Because stories like this frequently pop up in the final stretch of a campaign -- but only about a side that thinks it's losing.

Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Trump’s Campaign

“What’s discipline got to do with winning?”

The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

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Jason Lefkowitz

The world is focused on election day right now. But the pros, the campaign lifers, are already thinking about what comes after.

If you think your side is winning, that means angling for a sweet job in the new admin. Getting caught leaking is a great way to lose that race. So you stay quiet. Your dirty laundry comes out later.

If you think your side is LOSING, though, all that's coming is a big old helping of blame. And the job you get on the NEXT campaign will depend mostly on how much of that blame you dodge.

So campaigns that think they are losing tend in the final days to spring leaks. LOTS of leaks.

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Jason Lefkowitz

And the story linked at the top of this thread is the kind of story that could only exist if a bunch of people within Trumpworld, including some fairly senior people, had Tim Alberta on speed dial.

I have no visibility inside the Trump campaign. I couldn't tell you from direct knowledge how the people inside it are feeling about their prospects on Tuesday. And in their public statements, they of course have every incentive to sound bullish.

But the existence of this story makes me think they're feeling pretty sour about them. Because if they didn't, the story would not exist.

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@jalefkowit I hope you're right.

Frank’s Ting

@jalefkowit @kcarruthers “Why Trump’s employees find Loomer uniquely noxious, when their boss consorts with known racists and trafficks in cruel conspiracy theories himself, is a separate question.” what a gang

Jason Lefkowitz

@franksting @kcarruthers The cherry on top being that the answer appears to have been "have you seen her face"