Many of the dynamics of this particular campaign season are completely different from the past. I suspect we're going to find that it isn't going to be so close that cheating will be a viable tactic for them.
On the money side, all the money in the world isn't going to matter much if they get no opening to use it. They are off-balance, off-message, and on defense. Schmidt is too good an operative to not be able to keep them that way. Furthermore, because its been death of a thousand cuts, where do they focus their money advantage? Every one of those cuts, while not immediately fatal, caused serious damage, and can be re-worked again, and again, as necessary to finish him off.
Team Obama, is basically done, and they know it. They are flailing around, like a punch-drunk palooka, and on the ropes. Only a matter of time, barring the totally unforeseen...
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