(1/2) in the words of matt yglesias, one of its chief proponents, it's basically the idea that candidates should center their campaign around what's popular and not fight on the issues where republicans are more popular (in practice to them this means conceding on trans rights and immigration)
![“Boris walks into the gym one day wearing flip-flops and holding his customary cappuccino, which was a staple for him every morning,” Griffin recalled. “It was during pre-draft workouts, so he sees the Vertec [machine] and asks what it is.
”We tell him it measures your vertical leap by determining how many of the bars you can touch. He asks what’s the highest anyone has ever gone, and we tell him Amare’ [Stoudemire] cleared the entire rack.
“Boris puts down the cappuccino, takes off his flip-flops and clears the entire rack on the first try. Then he calmly puts his flip-flops back on, picks up his cappuccino and walks away, saying, ‘That was not difficult.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m7luffeqcq6z3xrrwqcgwtf3/bafkreigoip6hk2wohruliqujakp7b4sgnsmfkzfpt2btbruxqyvygdj4au)
