Gimpy wrote:Come to the RNC to hear such great speakers as Chachi Arcola, twelve people named Trump, and some guys who won't even endorse the candidate. He's going to hire the best people when he's in charge though!

drsmooth wrote:

td11 wrote:@EWErickson
SOURCE: The Trump camp knew this morning Cruz would not endorse and told Cruz's camp they'd orchestrate booing if he refused.

this is great, not only their (Manafort's) letting the thing happen, but their understanding that they'd have to orchestrate booing because 3/4 of the dimwits there wouldn't know Cruz had just dry-fisted them all

CalvinBall wrote:hoping there will be an upward trend in polls again starting next week. the past 10 days have not been good for the democrats. jh, what are your feelings? will the email stuff begin to fade and clinton can come back off the ledge again by the end of the month?

TenuredVulture wrote:In my view, the most important thing about both the Cruz thing and the plagiarism thing is the way they have dominated convention coverage. Just about nothing regarding what the speakers actually might be saying (or not saying). I just don't see any post convention bounce for Trump here. I suppose if delivered a strong speech tonight Trump could reverse that, and I guess more people will be actually watching tonight than other convention nights. I have a hard time seeing Trump delivering the kind of speech that gets him that bounce, but I also suspect he'll avoid totally shitting the bed. The latter however is more likely than the former.

CalvinBall wrote:hoping there will be an upward trend in polls again starting next week. the past 10 days have not been good for the democrats. jh, what are your feelings? will the email stuff begin to fade and clinton can come back off the ledge again by the end of the month?

drsmooth wrote:Dominus vobiscum, amen

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Other than a small group of people who have suffered massive and embarrassing losses, the party is VERY united. Great love in the arena!

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I've never heard of whips in the crowd to incite a specific response. The douche chills are real.

His start-up Crowds on Demand, launched in 2012, has established itself as a popular resource for any party in need of guests. "The company started as a way for up-and-coming celebrities to get more attention," explains Swart, a UCLA political science graduate. "If you are surrounded with bodyguards and paparazzi you are taken more seriously."

"Then we started fielding political requests - to provide crowds for world leaders and U..S political candidates at federal, state, and local level, or to conduct rallies and protests in support or opposition to an issue."

The company repertoire has now expanded to cover product launches, PR stunts, and social justice movements. One popular side-line is using crowds to apply pressure to one side - or even both - of a corporate litigation dispute.

Swart claims the business has "more than doubled" in size each year, and can now call on tens of thousands of performers to cover several events each day, in dozens of cities across the U.S.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I've never heard of whips in the crowd to incite a specific response. The douche chills are real.

Never? It was definitely an old-school underhanded tactic and is now going professional. Trump himself has used those tactics in this campaign cycle.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/16/business/crowds-for-hire/

His start-up Crowds on Demand, launched in 2012, has established itself as a popular resource for any party in need of guests. "The company started as a way for up-and-coming celebrities to get more attention," explains Swart, a UCLA political science graduate. "If you are surrounded with bodyguards and paparazzi you are taken more seriously."

"Then we started fielding political requests - to provide crowds for world leaders and U..S political candidates at federal, state, and local level, or to conduct rallies and protests in support or opposition to an issue."

The company repertoire has now expanded to cover product launches, PR stunts, and social justice movements. One popular side-line is using crowds to apply pressure to one side - or even both - of a corporate litigation dispute.

Swart claims the business has "more than doubled" in size each year, and can now call on tens of thousands of performers to cover several events each day, in dozens of cities across the U.S.

Also: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/crowd-hiring-politics-campaign-2016/399002/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-campaign-offered-actors-803161