[mbrfl]

Trump isn’t staring at a rout. Not even close. And he knows the public polls are BS. But it’s his philosophy to always campaigns like he’s 30 points down, regardless of whether he is or not. He’s said this himself many times.

[nwrep]

That is good, I hope you are right.

[Dave W]

If Trump was leading, he never would have gotten rid of Brad. Trump's internals must show him losing. Internals are considered better than public polls since the campaigns spend a ton of money on them. A public poll may poll anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand people. Campaigns are constantly polling daily in many states and on many issues. Trump knows he is behind and decided to do something to change the dynamics of the campaign.

I've been expecting Trump to do something to shake up his campaign and he did. I feel badly for Brad, who spent over 3 years planning the 2020 campaign and then had to start all over and do it from scratch after covid happened and then plan it all over again after the riots. It's gotta be stressful, but something needed to change.

[NImerc]

I heard a pretty good explanation for this last night. Anyone who follows Parscale on Twitter knows he is all about data and the main source of this data were the rallies. After every campaign rally he would give a detailed breakdown on R’s, D’s, first time voters, etc. He was absolutely tuned in to that side of the operation. Well, now all that is out the window with a greatly-reduced, or flat out rally-free campaign for the 2020 election. Brad is very good at what he does, but there is almost zero opportunity for him to do it going forward.