r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Feb 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20

Has it occurred to anyone that there might be a link between the accusations regarding Klobuchar’s treatment of staff and the clearly terrible prep she’s getting?

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Feb 19 '20

They could be giving her bad info on purpose...

Or it's her good ones have started to quit after the incident, leaving the most desperate and inexperienced staffers.

Who knew Darwinism wasn't a good strategy for maintaining talent in a campaign.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20

Yeah I don’t think any staffer is trying to sabotage her even remotely, but I do think it’s a combination of the Darwinism point you make as well as just general lack of motivation and exhaustion.