Daily polling numbers and posts on a possible loss HAS the Trump campaign making changes from those days when they they thought they’d cruises to easy Biden win come November…..
Former President Trump is scaling back his campaigning in three states he was targeting just six weeks ago, a sign of how Kamala Harris‘ rise in the polls has shifted the dynamics of the presidential race.
Why it matters: Trump’s campaign is placing less emphasis on New Hampshire, Minnesota and Virginia. Instead, it’s pouring resources into the “Blue Wall” states — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — that are crucial to both sides’ chances of victory.
- Trump’s also refocusing on other states — North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada — where he had significant polling leads before Harris made them competitive.
It’s a stark contrast from late July, when Trump came rolling out of the Republican convention in Milwaukee with what looked like a glide path to winning back the White House.
- Trump held rallies in Minnesota, Virginia and even deep-blue New Jersey as his campaign wrote memos about how Minnesota and Virginia were “clearly in play” and “prime opportunities to flip.”
- Then President Biden dropped out of the race, and Harris’ emergence as the presumed Democratic nominee put Trump on defense….
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Trump’s campaign continues to talk up its chances in Virginia, where polls suggestHarris has turned Trump’s lead into a small but significant advantage for her.
- “I truly believe we’re going to win the state,” Trump’s son Eric said recently.
- But in the past six weeks Trump hasn’t held a rally in Virginia, and his campaign appears to have stopped putting out memos that cite internal polls while claiming the state is flippable.
Between the lines: Trump’s campaign is now spending big on advertising in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and in states where it previously appeared it wouldn’t have use many resources to win.
- In North Carolina, for example, the campaign and MAGA Inc., a supporting super PAC, have spent more than $16 million on ads — a sign they’re taking Harris’ prospects there seriously.
What they’re saying: “Team Trump continues to build out the most robust and modern ground game ever, ” Rachel Reisner, Trump’s battleground states director, told Axios.
- “Our team is only expanding — we have new staff, offices and volunteers weekly — with more enthusiasm, energy, and support from people and states Democrats take for granted.”….
image….Politico
Below is Trump’s rambling and completely incoherent “answer” yesterday when questioned about specific steps he would take to make childcare affordable:
“Well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down — you know, I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, that — because, look, child care is child care. It’s, couldn’t, you know, there’s something, you have to have it — in this country, you have to have it.
But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to — but they’ll get used to it very quickly — and it’s not gonna stop them from doing business with us. But they’ll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country.
Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including child care, that it’s going to take care.
We’re gonna have — I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care.
I want to stay with child care, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I’m talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just, that I just told you about.
We’re gonna be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in. We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we’ll worry about the rest of the world.
Let’s help other people, but we’re going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It’s about Make America Great Again. We have to do it because right now we’re a failing nation, so we’ll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question. Thank you.
“No deficits in a very short period of time.”
Yeah f’ing right!
Where are the cries about his obvious senility?
Too busy jerking him off. Speaking of the new Beetlejuice movie is out today. I hope Colorado theaters have been warned of possible Boebert sightings.
He, he, he
Ur COLD Scott
Thanks Scott
Someone has suggested senility for the 78 year old felon and sexual predator
Sorry
That is Jack on the case
Child care is no direct concern of mine but I remember, from my days preparing taxes and attending community college classes, single parents working full-time at Dunkin’ or McDonald’s while taking full academic loads, keeping house and single-handedly looking after young children.
I doubt that the ex-President’s remarks on child care will win over many of their votes.
My wife and I ran a Day Care and private school …..
The place had several hundred children
Child care is NOT CHEAP….
A good well run n place HAS staff, equipment and a facility that is registered, regulated and well kept
ALL THAT costs MONEY…..
Lower income families should get assistance
They simply CANNOT AFFORD the costs
Taking care of the children lets the adults go out and work
Trump mp has NO concept of the responsibilities involvedAnd Vance is worse
Republicans have children last time i heard
And they ain’t all rich
And most Republican voters also work.
The “Sage of Elmont” abides.