Regarding J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel and McConnell came to an agreement: Thiel finances Masters in Arizona, and McConnell finances Vance in Ohio.
McConnell made a slightly different deal regarding Buldoc in New Hampshire: he (McConnell) would match the money spent by certain conservative PACs.
These deals freed up money for McConnell to spread the table, and spend some money in CO, CT and WA. These expenditures forced the other side to divert resources they would have preferred to spend in AZ, GA, NC, NH, OH and PA.
Regarding Trump, I suspect Trump is spending a lot of the money he has raised for his rallies. Trump is a great retail campaigner. Maybe the best of this era. He personally connects with people that otherwise might not vote and, so, is very effective in GOTV.
Plus, let’s recognize that it was Donald Trump who opened the Republican Party to blacks and Hispanics. The great influx of Hispanics and lesser but still significant influx of blacks that is propelling our party is victory is because of that man.
Anybody can criticize others for their shortcomings. But, in fairness, how about we recognize what people accomplish?
This is an attempt to create a circular firing squad. A lot of these spending shifts are coordinated. McConnell’s PAC did remove ad buys for the last two weeks in NH, but this was after spending many millions of dollars in heavy ad buys on both radio and TV for over a month, with the NRSC then stepping in and buying ads for the last two weeks.