The Thing I’ve Gotten Most Wrong in My Career

I’ve gotten a lot wrong in life. Heck, I’ve gotten a lot wrong this campaign year. I was in the contingent that thought Trump would fade. I was in the contingent that thought the polling must be wrong. I got that all wrong. But that’s not what I’m talking about.

Over the past number of years people have called my radio show or written to me at RedState and now here at The Resurgent to tell me I needed to cover fringe candidate X. If only I and others would cover that candidate, that candidate would gain traction. I have always denied this. I have always presumed a candidate with standing so small as to need attention was a candidate who could not gain traction even with the media.

I was flat out wrong.  Read article