In essence, POLITICO ran a story that breaks down Biden's presidential campaign committee's messaging, data, and advertising pitches regarding the Trump verdict, point-by-point.
The story was likely leaked to POLITICO by the Biden campaign as a workaround for federal campaign finance laws that bar direct coordination between a presidential campaign committee and partisan-aligned PACs.The tell? It quotes generously from anonymous Biden campaign sources, including campaign pollsters.
Biden's pollster elaborates further, noting to allies that the messaging should be tied to a broader narrative accusing Trump of "Being self-centered and unwilling to take responsibility for his actions." POLITICO then provides Biden-aligned SuperPACs a look at the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent's internal polling, noting that it mirrors that of the outlet's Ipsos-conducted survey.
A SHIFT IN MESSAGING. Process stories, like the one published by POLITICO, often occur when a campaign wants to shift messaging and alert its allies without overtly breaking the law.
POLITICO quotes Matt Bennett, co-founder of the center-left group Third Way: "What the polling clearly shows is there is a group of voters for whom the convictions matter and it is the voters who are going to decide the election." Ostensibly, this response came after the outlet approached Bennett with the Biden campaign data and news of its messaging shift.
ILLEGAL COORDINATION. Federal Election Commission rules make coordination between a campaign and aligned SuperPACs difficult-and illegal.
Made to look "Accidental," the leak provided detailed lines for the DeSantis campaign to use during and after the debate.
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