An item in Steve Benen’s summary of campaign news made me think:
Kanye West
* Kanye West and his Republican operative allies are moving forward with plans to get the entertainer on more presidential ballots, now targeting the competitive states of Minnesota and Virginia. West has also registered to vote for the first time, and not surprisingly given his efforts to help Trump, he registered as a Republican.
The supposed strategy is to split the black community’s vote, but I have to wonder: will West serve as an alternative for Republicans who are distinctly uneasy with Trump, and yet cannot, for any of several reasons, vote Democratic?
Perhaps, even, to prove, if only to themselves, they’re not racist?
It may be a stretch, but I can easily see a Republican Party, controlled as it is by second- and third-rate personalities, blundering in this classic manner. Their elected officials have made so many mistakes, committed so many gaffes, that it’s become tiresome to read about the latest – and I’m not even including President Trump in the mix. That the strategists are also screwing up is not unbelievable.
The post-election statistical analysis may prove quite interesting.
