Stuart Stevens tweeted this about the Trump campaign. It’s so, so true: Watching the Harris campaign vs. Trump, it’s striking how much of a higher level the Harris campaign is operating. It’s NFL vs. Division 2 college, at best. Why? Part of it, of course, comes from Trump, who has made a mess of every organization he has ever controlled. But there’s another factor: Democrats have developed a much deeper bench of skilled political operatives. In 1999, the Bush campaign assembled the best Republican political talent in Austin. In the 2000 campaign, the Bush campaign performed at a significantly higher level than the Gore campaign, which was sort of a mess, moving HQ from DC to Nashville, etc. Cut to 2016. Most top level operatives did not want anything to do with the Trump campaign. It assembled a collection of second and third-stringers, weirdos, all the sort of people who had been trying to work at the presidential level, but nobody would let them in. Yes, Trump won, but it’s hard to say that his campaign performed at a higher level. Run that race 100 times, Clinton won 90, and it wasn’t like the Clinton campaign put together an awe-inspiring operation. To recap, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, campaign chairman, deputy campaign manager, national security advisor, foreign policy advisor, long-time political consultant, and personal attorney all went to prison. That’s to be expected since the Trump campaign is organized like a large criminal enterprise. That has continued to this day. Yes,…