Trump campaign halts new ad buys in Michigan

The (s)Hill ^ | July 29, 2020 | Max Greenwood

[SoFloFreeper]

President Trump’s reelection campaign has halted new ad buys in Michigan in recent days as polling shows former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, with a widening lead in the state.

Trump’s recent withdrawal from the airwaves in Michigan came as his campaign shifted advertising dollars to other battlegrounds like Iowa. The move was first reported on Wednesday by The New York Times. According to....

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign pointed out that the president still has massive amounts of airtime reserved in Michigan and remains confident in his prospects there. Indeed, the campaign has $11.4 million in television ads reserved beginning in September, and national buys mean that some of the president’s ads will still air in the state.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: This goes hand in hand with the story we had yesterday. Yesterday there was a curious story about all of the women, the African-American women that Biden has to choose from for his vice presidential running mate. The story yesterday was, ah, every one of them’s got some kind of a problem. With every one of these women that Biden has named there is a “but.” I don’t mean big butt. I mean there’s a but, like b-u-t, but there’s a problem.

Don’t know when this surfaced. Yesterday was the first day I’d heard of it. But I asked very brilliantly, why does it matter? Biden’s up 10 points, 12 points, 13 points. What does it matter the baggage his vice presidential running mate has? If Biden’s leading all over the country and in these battleground states and battleground precincts, then what the hell does it matter what baggage his vice presidential running mates have?

Well, of course, it’s a brilliant question because what it illustrates is that they don’t believe these polls. They don’t believe Biden’s up by 12 or 13 or eight or 10 or whatever it is. They are very worried about it. So here’s a companion story. It’s from Axios. "

Axios Focus Group in Michigan Finds Bad News for Biden

[LouieFisk]

“FLORIDA DUDE Polling”
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The world-renowned and most trusted polling company, Florida Dude.

[qaz123]

My biggest question is....Will there be enough uproar from the people to demand that Biden debate the President face to face?

You have to wonder...I”m thinking that about 70-80% of the vote is already locked up, for one side or the other. What in God’s name does the other 20-30% need to see that will convince them to go one way or the other? If they can’t see that Biden is a complete moron and senile puppet, then they probably shouldn’t be voting.

I realize that having a lot of money on hand, which is why so many politicians are absolute prostitutes. But, I still cannot get over the fact that people still need to see campaign ads to potentially help them make a decision. If you ain’t figured it out by now, which way you want this country to go and you don’t know how to use the internet to find out, you shouldn’t be voting.

[bwest]

Who is Florida Dude and why does his poll matter?

[plain talk]

“A spokesperson for the Trump campaign pointed out that the president still has massive amounts of airtime reserved in Michigan and remains confident in his prospects there.

Indeed, the campaign has $11.4 million in television ads reserved beginning in September, and national buys mean that some of the president’s ads will still air in the state.”

[cgbg]

I believe this.

The riots have been devastating to Democrats, and their attempts to lie about the riots have been even more devastating.

...and our team is _just_ getting started.

The Democrats have no clue what a clusterf&^% this year is going to be for them.

[Raycpa]

Would Trump quit?

[Kudsman]

Oh no! Make more reloads.

[Ratman0823]

My guess is that “Florida Dude” is no better or worse than any other polling group. You know, the ones that gave Hillary! a 98% chance of winning in 2016.

[spacejunkie2001]

well, Praise the Lord, that is GREAT news.

[monkeyshine]

I saw the Trump Campaign Communications Director today say that they are not pulling out, and that they already committed a lot of resources in ad buys to air in the weeks before the election. (paraphrase).

[SoFloFreeper]

Yeah I almost followed that guy on Twitter. But he hasn’t (if I am wrong correct me) EVER detailed how, where, who he gets info from.

He might be a gas lighter.

Just saying.

[SoFloFreeper]

That is good news**

[monkeyshine]

I have a friend in NYC who hates Trump, but even he confessed to me that Biden looked terrible the other day (and said it was sad to see) and thought the way the AG Barr hearing went was a PR disaster for the Dems.

They always fall for the rope-a-dope.

There will be no groundswell support for Biden. Enthusiasm gap.

[fatman6502002]

Oh come on. Considering what we’ve seen over the last 5 years you’re actually claiming to believe this ridiculous trip. Either you’re not pointiest arrow in the quiver or you’re a marxist democrat troll trying to spread discontent to Trump’s Troops. Either way, its not good.

[datricker]

拜登为总统 Nov 3, 2020!

由中华人民共和国支付 and Biden 2020

[dontreadthis]

I can’t afford to put out a Trump sign, nor can my neighbors.
We all wish we could.

[DoodleDawg]

Would Trump quit?

No.

[Balding_Eagle]

Stopping ad buys this far out because Trump has given up on winning Michigan.

Yeah, that’s the President we’ve known for years, give up easily.

[sheehan]

Sleepy Joe is not making any ad buys in the fall for the following states: OH, IA and GA