it may be accidental, but there's a danger here - because most thinking people will see he's right. on the other hand, i'm not sure how many people actually care about the emails.

i mean, i know the premise is that he's dwelling on "bad media" when he has the opportunity to "deflect". i'm just not sure that i agree with the premise. he may, in the end, get a better upside by pushing back against childish media coverage than hitting hillary on an email story that all evidence suggests is unimportant to most people.

i mean, what's the track record up to this point? first, he does very well when he pushes back against this kind of contrived media garbage - and let's be real, that's what it is. nobody actually thinks he tweeted a star of david. second, the emails haven't actually hurt hillary at all.

i don't want to push back on the claim that trump is lacking in intellect. but, this is the one thing that he's actually good at. did he actually make the right choice on what story will resonate more? we'll see what happens.