Some of the bloggers I follow, particularly Althouse and Powerline on the right but also some on the left, sometimes fall into fancy theories about what the other side is doing. IMHO they tend to be a bit paranoid, figuring that their opponents are smart enough to play a double game. Unfortunately I don't have any examples to hand; maybe now I'm posting on the subject I'll remember to point out future examples as I come across them.
As you can tell by my description, I usually doubt such posts. In my experience, it's often better to consider that people have tunnel vision and focus on the near than to expect them to be playing games. My metaphor in the title then is people play checkers, not chess. I suppose expert checker players can set traps, but even beginning chess players can come up with a knight fork, or a revealed check.
I'm blogging today because it seems to me that the Wikileaks of Podesta's emails tend to confirm my view--I haven't noted any fancy stratagems being revealed, just day-to-day planning.
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