[ohioWfan]

These are figures of speech known as "metaphors." (Do liberals know where we got the word "campaign"?)

Where DID we get the word "campaign"?

[ohioWfan]

I assume it’s military....

[Syncro]

That would be a seris of connected military operations

If they are hugh.

Actually that is where it came from

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

etymology of "campaign":

1640s, "operation of an army in the field," from Fr. campagne "campaign," lit. "open country," from O.Fr. champagne "open country" (suited to military maneuvers), from L.L. campania "level country" (cf. It. campagna, Sp. campaña, Port. campanha), from L. campus "a field" (see campus). Old armies spent winters in quarters and took to the "open field" to seek battle in summer. Extension of meaning from military to political is Amer.Eng. 1809. The verb is first attested 1701. Related: Campaigned; campaigning.