Democrats Aim to Close the ‘Attention Gap’

Playbook: “Today, President Donald Trump faces the dawning reality that one of the very factors that helped fuel his rise to political power now threatens it like never before: the attention economy.”

“And it’s not just that the Jeffrey Epstein story is different, commanding attention like few stories Trump has faced; it’s that Democrats are using Trump’s own tactics to attract attention against him — and he’s struggling to turn the dynamic around…”

“It all adds up to this: Attention is the most valuable commodity in American politics right now. And for years, an ‘attention gap’ between the two parties has drastically shaped our politics to Trump’s advantage. But with Trump now seemingly unable to control the narrative — just for the moment, which will undoubtedly change — and with Democrats beginning to learn from their own failures, that attention gap is closing.”