Posted on 09/18/2016 9:29:46 AM PDT by Steelfish
Clinton Outdoing Trump in Pennsylvania, a Must-Win State By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Hillary Clinton's campaign is aggressively outworking Donald Trump in battleground Pennsylvania, a state the billionaire businessman can scarcely afford to lose and still hope to become president.
Despite polling well in Pennsylvania throughout the summer, Clinton's team is nevertheless bearing down in a state her party has carried in six straight elections. They are ratcheting up advertising and dispatching their top supporters to Pennsylvania, from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden to last week's visit from President Barack Obama.
"We've got to fight for this thing," Obama thundered at a rally in Philadelphia last Tuesday. "I need you to work as hard for Hillary as you did for me. I need you to knock on doors. I need you to make phone calls. You've got to talk to your friends, including your Republican friends."
At a minimum, an energized Pennsylvania campaign is a balm for Clinton as she weathers a dip in national polls and dips in the swing states of Florida and Ohio. But with roughly seven weeks until Election Day, Trump's scattershot approach to the state also puts his White House prospects in jeopardy.
"There is no Trump turnout organization, and you can't construct one" in the time remaining, said former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell.
For Trump, nearly any route to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House includes Pennsylvania's 20 votes. With Clinton's edge in Colorado and Virginia, and her competitive standing in North Carolina, Trump could potentially win vote-rich Florida and Ohio, as well as competitive Iowa and New Hampshire, and still fall short of the White House unless he can capture Pennsylvania, too.
Clinton's strategy is focused firmly.....
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Does anyone believe this horsehockey (term, courtesy Colonel Potter, M*A*S*H*)?
You’ve got to talk to your friends, including your Republican friends.”
Do Obama’s minions have Republican friends? Are they allowed to have Republican friends??? This strikes me as sounding odd, because good liberals will not deign to consort with backward backwoods Neanderthal Republicans in the first place........
But what about the recent poll showing Clinton up by 11 points in Pennsylvania, in spite of the race tightening in other states????
Why would they pour so many resources into a “safe” state, if Hillary is really up by so much in PA????
After her nap, of course!
Who in the Sam Hill writes this stuff?! Hillary working harder than Mr Trump? That’s never been true anywhere at any time.
These people can’t even get 200 people for rally.
Spinning like a top.
Bingo!
Because she is not! It is propaganda.
They plan to make it appear like she is ahead or the race is tight so they can steal the election from Trump!
I have heard that around Pittsburgh, many Trump signs all over the place. She figures they can do a better job of cheating in Philly and get away with it.
You can tell what their internal polls say by where they spend money.
It's just that simple.
Cruz had a superior ground game too.
The term, IIRC, is “horse puckey”, as is the assertion that Hillary is doing so well in PA.
You’ve got to talk to your friends, including your Republican friends.”
Yeah, get in their faces...that should work.
And what is your opinion of this article, steelfish???
Immmm don’t count on it....This is what they told me about Indiana and New Hampshire and all sorts of other primary states.
What they are saying is don’t believe the polls our ground game will win it for us.
Ignore all media
Get Out The Vote
As all political strategists tell us ground games do matter. The article says Clinton is pouring in massive resources in ads and volunteer recruitment. Nothing should be taken for granted.
They have to keep Hillary ahead of Trump...remember when he took down Jeb, the polls for Jeb went way down and all his money dried up...this is the same concept...
Keep Hillary ahead of Trump (even if Trump is 15 points ahead of Hillary) to keep the money coming in, people are NOT going to fund a dead horse, even if they think maybe Hillary is loosing (losing) ...
Trump is ahead, we all know that, Trump is funding his own campaign and raising money for the down ticket candidates of the RNC...so if they run low on money, it’s really up to the RNC to get that money, not Trump...
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