I mean, you kinda just did, though I’m a little curious how - as in putting together a campaign infrastructure that’s not built on any party elites?

(One of the, if not THE thing about an elite education is you end up with connections all over the place, and I’ve been able to get a bit of a glimpse behind the curtain - I get the vibe that a lot of professional campaign staff signed on in the expectation of 2 or 3 months of paychecks and resume-polishing and are a little shocked to be where they are, but that in any case a lot of stuff that would normally be handled by career political staffers is done by the candidate himself or his personal/business staff.)

[Don’t underestimate the political experience of NYC land developers.]

Off the top of my head I’d say the best comparisons for Jackson’s ‘88 primary campaign would be Reagan ‘80 or Obama ‘08. Maybe McGovern ‘72? There might be a better comparison, but unsuccessful primary campaigns don’t leave much of a mark on history tbh.