Politics is ultimately a dirty game of positioning , compromise , backstabbing , and hidden information . Just remember the key to getting anything done is that you actually have to play the game . That means sometimes you have to wade into the swamp and get dirty . Getting some of those alligators on your side makes it a lot easier to go about draining the swap without everything getting in your way . I mean , we are talking about a guy who skipped a debate so that every other single news station became the Trump channel . He was the most talked about thing at that debate and he wasn ' t there . He held a press conference about his previous birther stance that tricked the news into airing like an hour of veterans telling you how great Trump was before putting the whole issue to rest with a single line . He ' s fucking good at playing the game .