I’m an athlete (or I loosely identify as one — or a former one — or, OK, I still run about 20 miles a week — let’s leave it there). I also love cards, Catan, Survivor, and backyard games.
Win or lose, I love brilliant gamesmanship.
We’re seeing brilliant gamesmanship in the US political landscape right now. It’s fascinating.
It started with the right. First, they hooked into the mental capability rhetoric and found a path that was working. Then, they were thrown a bone. They took the assassination attempt and used it perfectly. It worked.
The left was on the ropes. Bloodied and confused. Reeling. Praying for the bell.
But then the left countered perfectly. They stung and wobbled the right. They’ve done it. They completely turned it around.
Now, the right is on the ropes, praying for the bell. What will they come up with?
Make no mistake. National politics is, and always has been, a game. It’s not about who is better or will be better. Nor is it about principles or right and wrong. It’s about who has the power.
Watching it unfold is a fascinating study in gamesmanship.
