Quickies: Beware Changes In Tactics

     I never know what in my morning reading will get the juices flowing. Today it’s this brief piece by Mark “Mad Dog” Sherman:

     I agree the progressive left cannot win. The actions of Google, Facebook, and the rest will not be enough; middle America is on to them, the American leviathan has awakened.

     Optimism plus confidence makes for an attractive posture...but there’s never a justification for absolute confidence. Military special operators will tell you: assuming that your adversary is stupid, unobservant, or inflexible can be hazardous to your health.

     Imagine for a moment that the Democrats’ strategists agree with Mark – i.e., that they realize that “middle America is on to them” and must change tracks to have a hope of prevailing in November 2020. Imagine further that they are neither stupid, nor unobservant, nor inflexible; indeed, assume that they’re quite as bright, perceptive, and agile as anyone on the Right. What new tactics might follow?

• Attempts to distract “the awakened” with trumped-up crises and other diversions;
• Fresh allegations of corruption among major Trump Administration figures;
• New techniques for discouraging “the awakened” from voting.
• New techniques for corrupting the ballot-counting.
• New initiatives for enfranchising illegal aliens;
• Other adventures in electoral “lawfare.”

     Those possibilities came off the top of my head at 5:45 AM, Gentle Reader. I have no doubt that there are other possible avenues the Democrats might explore.

     Glenn Reynolds has made a mantra out of "Don’t get cocky!" It’s the most important advice the Right will hear over the next sixteen months. Verbum sat sapienti.