Jon Ward: “Life in the Washington fishbowl schools senators in what it’s like to live under the intense spotlight of the national press in the social media age, while governors — especially those from conservative states — increasingly face off only against attenuated regional press corps with limited budgets, in an environment lacking in powerful local partisan opposition research groups.”
“Senators learn quickly that their every utterance can be amplified by outside groups and the tightly networked national press on Twitter and online video networks — that they live in a world where any stray comment, regardless of intention, can be weaponized against them by opponents to drive negative media. And senators do it all under the watch of a D.C.-based cottage industry of groups that exist largely to highlight the foibles of whatever side they consider the other side.”
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