Posted on 07/22/2016 9:02:21 AM PDT by mandaladon
Some Democrats are privately worrying that Hillary Clinton has been spending too much money and seeing too few results.
Clinton, who has way more cash on hand than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has been outspending the New York real estate mogul at a rate of 15-1 but has seen her lead shrink to single digits in certain key states.
According to The Hill, senior Democrats met with Clinton in DC on Monday and mentioned a recent Florida poll that showed Trump pulling ahead in the Sunshine State. They questioned whether Clinton was really running her campaign effectively, having spent about $47 million in television ads.
Trump himself has spent next to nothing. A few SuperPACs and the NRA have run around $3 million in anti-Clinton ads, focusing only on her position on the Second Amendment.
The good news for Clinton is that the worrywarts were a minority, even among the professional strategists in the meeting, according to one source at the table. That source said the concern was largely voiced by “bed-wetters.”
But Clinton needs to start pulling ahead of Trump if she intends to sustain the lead all the way through November. Trump will likely get a polling boost from his convention speech, and while some Republicans are splitting off the party in protest, led by Ted Cruz, who is trying to make them feel better about their decision to abstain, Trump supporters are feeling stronger than ever.
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These people are very single minded. Are they concerned they are expensive or that they don’t work? Or are they just there to make noise?
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Yeah, it’s the ads.
Fire the ad writers. (sarc)
My thoughts as well. ;o)
Just wait until Twitter decides to trump up (no pun intended) a reason to block the Trump campaign like they did the Breitbart journalist, Milo Yiannopoulos. I might be costly to Twitter, but I still wouldn’t put it past them to do it as a way to spite their enemies.
Selling Hillary is like marketing camel piss cola.
Limited market.
“should be on billboards around the country”
If I were a rich man, it would be. /tevya
Surely the R’s have a RICH person *cofftrumpcoff* who could/would do it! Ya know?
I heard she spent 50 millions so far to Trumps (practically) nothing and has really no results for it
“Entertainment-wise, that’s no contest. And people usually vote for entertainment over policy.”
My estimate of Adams’ IQ just dropped 25 points.
He *still* doesn’t get it.
Maybe she’s not spending the money in an effort to get elected. Remember, this is hillary clinton; how much of what she throws away actually makes its way back to her pocket via secret deals?
Good tagline. Succinct, yet complete.
“Surely the R’s have a RICH person *cofftrumpcoff* who could/would do it! Ya know?”
They have refrained from anything that effective since...well, ever.
Maybe DJT’s Republican Party will be different.
The NRA ad is really good.
I’ve been seeing the hitlery ad talking all about her protection of children. . .and all I could think about was hitlery laughing about getting a child rapist off.
Trump could run the part of hitleries ad where it talks about her protecting children and them splice in her talking and laughing about destroying a young rape victim.
That would be powerful
Yep, the NRA ads are excellent this election cycle.
We must see the same ad. . Post 94 has an interesting idea (if I can be so bold).
How can ads possibly work? Its impossible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
Only pathetically and weak-minded ignorant fools, will vote Klinton.
ANYONE who bothers scratching the surface to find out about her and cares, can see she is evil to the core.
No matter how much you advertise, it’s hard to sell a _ _ _ _ sandwich.
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