The political implications of a natural disaster coming at a crucial time for Trump and Hillary

How will nearly wall to wall coverage of the hurricane and the subsequent devastation help Hillary?

Added: Some people will say (have said) that it is crass, gauche, and insensitive to write about this. Some have commented that I am rooting for a catastrophe. Others seems to think one story out of thousands of side-bar stories will be taken up by the right wing to show Hillary supporter is a bad light. 

I believe many Kos readers and writers, perhaps not most, but at least a significant minority, can handle well thought out political analysis. 

Obviously coverage will be very limited for the national news to cover campaign events.  Here’s where Hillary has a huge advantage over Trump. As Rachel pointed out last night, Hillary has an A list team of crowd pleasing spokespeople who are scheduled to speak at rallies in battleground states. When she went over the list last night mentioning the “biggies,” Bill, Bernie, Bidden, and Warren, she neglected to note that Al Gore just announced he will be campaigning for her.

Of course Hillary and Kaine will have their own events.

As Rachel noted, all Trump has is Trump and Pence (the boring guy). 

These events won’t get much national play unless something dramatic happens as long as the hurricane and its aftermath are making major news. But the local news stations will cover them and that is going to have an impact in the battleground states.

Check out where and with whom they are scheduled online or below.

The second reason is Hillary’s advertising advantage. Trump and the RNC haven’t spent much money on advertising to date. Whether Hillary has more money to spend on advertising than Trump (and I’ve read that she does) isn’t as significant as the fact that advertising may be the only way  to get the candidate’s messages out to a general audience during hurricane coverage. 

This will force the Trump campaign to spend their advertising dollars before they intended to. 

Trump has depended on the media covering his rallies knowing that this save him money and that they are waiting for him to say something outrageous. He must know that even networks like MSNBC fall victim to this con and give him substantial  air time (much to MSNBC viewer frustration).

Rally coverage is hit or miss for the candidate. They can never know for sure what sound bite will be rebroadcast and make the news.

Advertising messages are controlled by the candidates. 

In the case of the hurricane one plus one equals more than merely two when it comes for the advantage for Hillary.

But wait, there’s more…. yet a third reason. Hillary doesn’t have to feign empathy!

Trump can barely fake empathy. He’s Mister Mean. The core of his personality is a me-first attitude that has no rom for the woes of others.

Hillary has genuine warm and empathy. 

With people struggling to pull their lives back together as the days and weeks go by all Hillary has to do is be herself. Trump will have to be the consummate actor to even convey a semblance of concern for people whose lives will have been ripped asunder by the devastation of the storm.

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Date	Location	Event Type	Speaker(s)
October 6, 2016	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Rally	Tim Kaine
October 6, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Voter Registration Event	Tim Kaine
October 6, 2016	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Early Voting Event	Chelsea Clinton
October 6, 2016	Dearborn, Michigan	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 6, 2016	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 6, 2016	Lansing, Michigan	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 6, 2016	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 6, 2016	Los Angeles, California	Fundraiser	Senator Al Franken
October 7, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Event with Nevada Seniors	Tim Kaine
October 7, 2016	Bristol, Pennsylvania	Voter Registration Event	Vice President Joe Biden
October 7, 2016	Keene, New Hampshire	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 7, 2016	Nashua, New Hampshire	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 7, 2016	Bangor, Maine	Rally	Senator Bernie Sanders
October 7, 2016	Madison, Wisconsin	Early Voting Event	Senator Elizabeth Warren and Russ Feingold
October 7, 2016	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Early Voting Event	Senator Elizabeth Warren and Russ Feingold
October 7, 2016	Boston, Massachusetts	Fundraiser	Marc Elias
October 8, 2016	Raleigh, North Carolina	Fundraiser	Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls LaNier, and Terrence Roberts
October 9, 2016	St. Louis, Missouri	Presidential Debate	Hillary Clinton
October 9, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Fundraiser	Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
October 10, 2016	Denver, Colorado	Get Out the Vote Concert	Tim Kaine & Dave Matthews
October 10, 2016	Wisconsin	Organizing Event	Chelsea Clinton
October 10, 2016	Chicago, Illinois	Fundraiser	Madeleine Albright and Rick Bayless
October 11, 2016	Greensboro, North Carolina	Rally	President Barack Obama
October 13, 2016	San Francisco, California	Fundraiser	Hillary Clinton
October 13, 2016	Boston, Massachusetts	Fundraiser	Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
October 14, 2016	Cleveland, Ohio	Get Out the Early Vote	President Barack Obama
October 14, 2016	Dublin, Ireland	Fundraiser for American Citizens	Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
October 15, 2016	Jersey City, New Jersey	Fundraiser	Chelsea Clinton & Mayor Steven Fulop
October 15, 2016	Chicago, Illinois	Fundraiser	Chicago for Hillary
October 17, 2016	Bathesda, Maryland	Fundraiser	Tim Kaine
October 17, 2016	New York City, New York	Fundraiser	Chelsea Clinton
October 17, 2016	Dallas, Texas	Fundraiser	LGBT and Allies
October 18, 2016	Boston, Massachusetts	Fundraiser	Padma Lakshmi
October 19, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	Presidential Debate	Hillary Clinton
October 19, 2016	Newton, Massachusetts	Debate Watch Party Fundraiser	Jewish Community for Hillary
October 23, 2016	Gettsburg, Pennsylvania	Fundraiser	Laura Rosenberger
October 23, 2016	Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts	Fundraiser	Former Congressman Barney Frank