Thursday, July 9, 2015

Strange Bedfellows


Political analysts use this term to describe the effect of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" or when two diametrically opposed politicians end up on the same side of an issue. (Note that's diametric not diabolic...) This WSJ article, posted after the outage on Wednesday, shows how sometimes unintentional alliances are perceived even if they don't exist. It's unlikely these two plan anything together, but they are having similar effects.  It's always important to consider your competition's role - sometimes it can enhance your own standings if the perceptions are used wisely.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-sanders-the-disrupter-brothers-1436398120