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Political strategy memo
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Summary
This document, labeled HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026306, is a political strategy memo outlining a plan for a hypothetical third-party presidential candidate. The strategy suggests a centrist candidate who can win states from both parties, leverages entertainment to capture voter attention in a media environment shaped by Donald Trump, and pledges to serve a single four-year "fix-it" term. Although provided in the context of an Epstein-related query, this specific page contains no mention of Jeffrey Epstein or any known associates, focusing solely on US political strategy.
People (4)
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| Hillary Clinton | Former Presidential Candidate |
Mentioned as a benchmark for electoral performance in 'blue states' from the 2016 election (227 electoral votes).
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| Trump | Political Figure / Opponent |
Mentioned as a political opponent whose voter base is considered solid (36%) and whose 'reality show' style of politi...
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| Stephen Colbert | TV Host |
Mentioned as someone who could hypothetically produce a daily comedic segment for the 'dream candidate'.
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| Chris Licht | Executive Producer |
Identified as Stephen Colbert's executive producer, who could be 'sacrificed' to produce campaign content.
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Organizations (3)
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| McDonald's |
Mentioned as a potential location for a candidate to interview Americans for a comedic segment.
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| Saturday Night Live |
The show's script writers are mentioned as a group that could be 'enticed' to help the campaign.
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| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT |
Appears in the document's footer (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026306), indicating it is likely part of a collection of documents ...
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Timeline (2 events)
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Proposal for a third-party presidential campaign strategy, outlining the need for a centrist candidate who can appeal to voters in both blue and red states.
United States
Hypothetical 'dream candidate'
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The document discusses the need for the candidate to gain at least 15% support in the months leading up to the general election to qualify for debates.
United States
Hypothetical 'dream candidate'
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A 'Trump state' the proposed candidate would need to win.
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A 'Trump state' the proposed candidate would need to win.
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A 'Trump state' the proposed candidate would need to win.
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A 'Trump state' the proposed candidate would need to win.
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A state that could be put 'in play' by the right candidate.
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A state that could be put 'in play' by the right candidate.
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A state that could be put 'in play' by the right candidate.
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The country where the proposed political strategy would be implemented.
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Relationships (1)
The text identifies Chris Licht as Stephen Colbert's 'executive producer'.
Key Quotes (4)
"A Democrat-leaning candidate would have to top the ideal third-party ticket. We need someone with a shot at snaking a plurality of the vote in the blue states Hillary Clinton won (227 electoral votes), but moderate enough to win a plurality in some combination of Trump states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan (another 119 votes)."Source
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"With the Trump reality show airing daily, voters are now expecting to take their politics with a side of entertainment."Source
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"This dream candidate would pledge to serve only four years and address all of the U.S.’s ticking time bombs like Social Security, Medicare, health care reform, climate change, money in politics, gerrymandering, and infrastructure investment in a single term."Source
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"This “fix-it” ticket would promise to force"Source
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Democratic flavor-of-the day candidate. The media and political class will predetermine irrelevance otherwise.
• A Democrat-leaning candidate would have to top the ideal third-party ticket. We need someone with a shot at snaking a plurality of the vote in the blue states Hillary Clinton won (227 electoral votes), but moderate enough to win a plurality in some combination of Trump states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan (another 119 votes). The right candidate may even to put North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana in play for a centrist bi-partisan ticket as well (totaling an electoral sweep of 464 elector votes). A right leaning candidate would meet the same fate as a primary challenger to Trump – for all intents and purposes we need to assume that 36% of voters won’t be cleaved from Trump under any circumstances and run to win around them. The deep red states would be off the table entirely.
• With the Trump reality show airing daily, voters are now expecting to take their politics with a side of entertainment. Heretofore, ratings will matter no matter how dry the policy topic. Surely Stephen Colbert would gladly sacrifice his executive producer Chris Licht to produce a daily comedic segment of this dream candidate interviewing Americans in truck stops and McDonald’s across the country. A few of the “Saturday Night Live” script writers could certainly be enticed to disguise serious debates as informative amusement. Any candidate must be committed to a near daily cadence of high quality, compelling video production. It will be especially crucial to keep the voters’ attention during what will be a raucous Democratic primary season. Rules governing access to the general election debate stage dictate that a candidate enjoy support of at least 15% of voters in the months leading up to the general election.
• This dream candidate would pledge to serve only four years and address all of the U.S.’s ticking time bombs like Social Security, Medicare, health care reform, climate change, money in politics, gerrymandering, and infrastructure investment in a single term. This one-and-done term decouples our candidate from the usual politics and gives them the power of promise and deliver decisive action. A four-year term pledge ensures governance independent of campaign finance concerns and narrow special interests inherent to winning re-election. This “fix-it” ticket would promise to force
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