Walking the party plank
Ed Rollins, a forever strategist, possibly starting with Thomas Jefferson,
says: �Politics needs strategy. An old boxer, I don�t intimidate easily.
First, analyze your candidate. Anticipate what the other side can do. Make
a control system. Nixon told me: �Every day something will come up. Keep
your head clear. Be a war general.�

�I had 700 people working for me but I only dealt with the president. I
restricted access to me. And worked to discipline my candidate. Also
necessary to investigate your opposition. Get in the helicopter, on the
boat, look personally at what�s happening, make decisions on the spot.

�Biden�s the old guard. Representing a very small state for 50 years. His
game�s only to give away more stuff. He is what he always was. No
Commander-in-Chief, never chosen to lead in the Senate. No world leader.
But people don�t care about infrastructure. They care about inflation.
Immigration. Trump can�t get younger or sharper but he definitely has a
chance at re-election.

�So did I ever screw up? Yeah. Like in a controversy on black voters,
which became a big controversy. People went after me. Cost me lots of
money. It was very �difficult.�

And now, here comes trouble
Per specialists:

Anyone can buy a drone, fit with a grenade, attack anything and not get
caught. Nothing�s safe now. Monsters can blow up a car driver, apartment
dweller, an inauguration � even a sports stadium.

Also. Finland and Sweden are NATO�s first new members in several years.
Why now? Worrying about war widening into Europe? Or something bigger?
Insiders may know before the public does.

The next bit of fears . . .

Might recent AT&T outages be test runs? Decentralized successfully, a
cyberattack could shut down the system which � now � allows one provider
to hand off to other providers.

United Health? Watch hits on the prescription drug system.

Our infrastructure�s inability is in crisis. Is this all a test run for
something bigger?

Chitter & that
Other stuff you mightn�t know:

Investor Bill Ackman�s into self-promotion. Spends heavy to hustle his own
tweets and Instagram gurgles. Why? Who knows?! This is just to tell you
because I know it and you maybe don�t.

Also: to find guys who don�t always return calls? Try Rock Center�s
Equinox. MSNBC�s Ari Melber bikes there. Ditto Larry Kudlow who does the
sauna while studying info on Pete Buttigieg or inhaling a panini.

And the late Leona Helmsley still wants staff. It�s a billion-dollar
foundation and � aside from her mausoleum being power-washed yearly � her
people are remaking her image. Alive sources say to oil up the Queen of
Mean is costly. The job pays. And the perks? You don�t have to talk to
her.

So with multiple difficulties in today�s world, the big question is: Name
a rock, a lock and a crock. And the answer is: Gibraltar, dead bolt and a
campaign speech.

Only in New York, kids, only in New York � plus the rest of the United
States.

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away-more-stuff-veteran-political-strategist/