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TexasTowelie

(112,159 posts)
Sun Jul 3, 2016, 03:59 AM Jul 2016

Clinton plans coordinated anti-Trump effort in Pennsylvania

Contrary to media reports after Hillary Clinton’s big ad buy skipped Pennsylvania, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee for president is not taking anything for granted here, campaign sources say.

She’s preparing to send out an army, of sorts.

Two days after a Quinnipiac University poll showed Clinton and GOP rival Donald Trump in a virtual tie despite Trump’s awful month of PR, she is deploying political allies to move the numbers her way and remind reluctant Democrats that she has their best interests at heart.

Tomorrow, the state Democratic Party and the national party in will hold a press conference with Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Labor Council President Jack Shea, and Labor Council Treasurer Sylvia Wilson, according to sources in the Clinton campaign.

Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/orp/2016/06/23/clinton-pennsylvania-trump/

Cross-posted in the Hillary Clinton Group.

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Clinton plans coordinated anti-Trump effort in Pennsylvania (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP
Pa is tricky with Trump Cosmocat Jul 2016 #1

Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
1. Pa is tricky with Trump
Sun Jul 3, 2016, 08:08 AM
Jul 2016

It is a state a democratic POTUS candidate SHOULD win, but the demographics are vulnerable to Trumpism.

This isn't a LIBERAL state.

This approach seems to be the way to go, roll up the sleeves and go after the vulnerable "Reagen Democrat" types directly.

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