2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton way ahead of Trump in state-level teams.
Donald Trump, already lagging behind Hillary Clinton in ground game organizing, is also facing a quantifiable talent gap in key battleground states, starting at the top.
And thats according to his fellow Republicans.
Veteran Republican operatives and key leaders from several critical battleground states say that at best, they've never heard of Trump's state directors or have only limited familiarity with them and at worst, they know them, and question their ability to do the job.
The Clinton campaign is very strong in New Hampshire, said Ryan Williams, who served as a longtime aide to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and has extensive experience working in New Hampshire. Of Trumps New Hampshire state director, Matt Ciepielowski, he said, Ive been doing campaigns in New Hampshire since 08, I havent come across him.
Across the country, one Nevada Republican said of Trumps state director there, Charles Munoz: Im actually surprised, being one of the few battleground states out there, that they dont have a more seasoned professional running their operation, because Hillary Clinton has a remarkable team on the ground in Nevada, demonstrating how seriously shes taking the state.
Trumps list of state directors is peppered with a mix of young people who have no presidential campaign experience, as well as Republican operatives who have been out of the spotlight for years. In contrast, Clinton is boosted by Democratic operatives who led marquee races and helped shepherd Barack Obamas victories in 2008 and 2012.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-state-campaigns-226966#ixzz4HTPh1yNG
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)right?"
riversedge
(69,708 posts)her behalf. Hillary has and is running a grand campaign.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Hillary's team is working flat out, night and day, millions and millions of dollars in ads and ground game, volunteers working so hard for her, she's on the road every minute of the day meeting voters...and all for what? To defeat this complete disaster of a human being, much less a candidate? It's going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of hours of time and effort to get a sane, competent woman elected over an insane, incompetent man? Not even talking about the gender thing really (it was the same for Obama) but really. I just can't believe all the blood, sweat, tears, and money it will take to defeat a man who couldn't be trusted with a set of car keys, much less keys to the nuclear codes.
What the actual f*ck is WRONG with this country?