The five types of attacks ruling this presidential season

We expect attacks and opportunistic criticism between presidential candidates whether they are of opposing parties or running in a primary battle within the same party. That is especially true this year, when Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment about Republicans not attacking each other was thrown out the window right from the start of the early primary season. But now presidential candidates have to also deal with social media attacks. Sometimes the social media attacks come from competing candidates and their supporters. But even worse, they often come from unknown sources that may or may not have any facts to back up their attacks. These kinds of attacks can be extremely time-consuming for a candidate and their staffs, especially when media attention turns the attack into a frenzy.