Shannon Pettypiece is the senior White House reporter for NBCNews.com.
Posted on 11/02/2020 5:19:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
As President Donald Trump has crisscrossed the country in the campaign's waning days, many of his rallies have had a tumultuous, whirlwind feel similar to those of his chaotic first run, with logistical hiccups as disorienting for some volunteers as for visitors.
At a gathering in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, hundreds of rallygoers were left stranded in the cold for hours because the campaign failed to plan for how buses shuttling them to their cars would get through the post-event traffic. A similar scene played out at an event Saturday in Pennsylvania.
But while Trump's mad dash across the country, hitting three to five states a day, may spark comparisons to 2016, staffers and advisers point to a critical difference: Unlike last time, they say, they aren't entering the final hours of the race mentally preparing for all-but-certain defeat, as a more robust campaign operation gives them more concrete hope of pulling off a win - even though asterisks abound for their explanations of precisely how that victory might occur.
Those in Trump's orbit have seen the breaks go his way before. Still, they know that if the polls are right, Trump - who has trailed Biden in nearly every battleground state for much of the year - loses.
Still, for every potential bright spot, allies acknowledge additional dim ones. The biggest concern aides consistently cite is the trio of Rust Belt states that cemented his surprise win four years ago: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
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Shannon Pettypiece is the senior White House reporter for NBCNews.com.
I’m actually pretty relaxed about it.
I think VA goes Trump and blows out the DNC early. No point in continuing a lawyer fight if you lose VA by a substantial amount.
I bet shes panicking.
I think you forgot a barf alert.....
Shannon Pettypiece is doing the work of her father, the devil. Trying to dispirit people since The Garden of Eden.
Here comes the MSM starting to hedge their bets. As predictable as the day is long.
AMEN!
ChiComcast.
Know your enemy, her eyes gave her away.
I read that this was NOT the case; more fake news, perhaps? Can others expound on?
NBC sowing seeds of doubt. Meanwhile Harris/Xi 2020 are speaking to small parking lots and wuhan drive in theaters with scared, hostile horn honkers bundled up in their cars fearful of that virus that has a 99.64% survival rate.
They’re trusting the science and the polls?
My concern is how these people will try blowing up cities and attacking those who voted Trump.
interesting, her name matches the quality of her story.
“her eyes gave her away”
yeah, half crazy... half evil.
Of course, I've been prayin' by butt off (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Delusional and in a bubble!
——fearful of that virus ——
Covid covid covid is Russia, Russia, Russia
There is no actual progressive reality provided. There is no there there
OMG—I thought you’d made up the name Pettypiece until I clicked through to see that it is a real byline.
Why would anybody believe anything from NBC given the pure, unadulterated BS they have pushed about President Trump for the last 5 years or the Biden scandal they are currently suppressing? Nothing they disseminate can be believed.
The writer is certainly living up to her name!
Shannon’s not old enough to be a senior anything except in college. Her last name is appropriate
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