Clinton Super-PAC Going Dark in Colorado and Pennsylvania

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg Politics

The pro-Clinton super-PAC Priorities USA is suspending TV advertising in Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania until at least the end of September, according to a person familiar with the group's plans.

After scheduling airtime in Colorado and Pennsylvania, the super-PAC has decided to go off the air in Colorado and Pennsylvania until at least the 20th of September, the person said. In addition, while Priorities had already suspended ads in Virginia, commercials that were originally set to resume in the state on Sept. 6 will now be pushed back until at least the 20th as well.

On Bloomberg TV's "With All Due Respect" on Monday, chief strategist Guy Cecil nodded to the spending decision, saying money previously reserved for ads in traditional battlegrounds would be moving "to other states but also into other activities."

"Right now, we are going to look at other opportunities for us to expand the map and potentially reach out to some new voters as well through voter registration and on-the-ground efforts in some of our key states," Cecil confirmed on "With All Due Respect."

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-15/clinton-super-pac-going-dark-in-colorado-and-pennsylvania

[ananda]

1. That is a good thing, right?

So they work on more swingy states.

[onehandle]

3. Yep. nt

[forest444]

2. A good sign. You know the GOP's in trouble when Utah and Georgia are in play.

We Democrats haven't had a good 400+ electoral vote landslide since 1964. 52 long years.

Frankly, it's high time we had one again.

[Plucketeer]

12. Maybe we'll get that improved Obamacare after all!

And ol' Bill will polish up the TPP to where it'll slide right thru.

Makes me wonder how much of a cakewalk the race would be if the GOP put up a reasonably sane person.

[forest444]

14. I hear you.

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The fact that this is turning out to be a landslide election at least much on account of The Donald's shortcomings, as it is on account on any virtue Hillary or Tim Kaine might have, doesn't escape me.

Do I expect very much from a Clinton-Kaine administration? No - not of them or any other administration (especially with the scorched-earth Congress we have right now).

But it's always better than having the Rethugs back in power; and whatever one's differences with these Third-Way Democrats we musn't forget that, Plucketeeer.

I don't think the American way of life, as we know it, could survive another Bush regime or anything like it.

[murielm99]

20. You sound like Fox News.

[Plucketeer]

23. You're Right

we should strive more to sound like MSNBC

[murielm99]

24. You are confused.

I guess you took a wrong turn, and thought that thinly veiled criticism of the Clintons would pass unnoticed.

[Plucketeer]

25. Nope! That intentionally frlimsy veil

isn't aimed JUST at the Clintons. It's aimed at the "citizens" who actually OWN the establishment.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Heh.

[mrJJ]

21. Getting close

Source: Princeton Election Consortium

As of August 16, 12:03AM EDT:

Snapshot (93 state polls): Clinton 340, Trump 198 EV
Meta-margin: Clinton +5.0%
Clinton Nov. win probability: random drift 75%, Bayesian 87%
Senate snapshot: Dem+Ind: 50, GOP: 50, Meta-margin: D +2.1%

[forest444]

22. Aha!

Just keep running that mouth of yours, Monsieur Trump.

[sheshe2]

4. Great news.

They are focused on where we need our advertising dollars the most for now.

Go team Hillary.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Ohio and Florida are key

Lock those two up and Trump has no path to victory.

[sheshe2]

11. I have an idea.

Let's lock those two States up. Then we can lock Trump up and throw away the key.

[exboyfil]

28. Doing same state since 2000

and adding Florida gives Clinton 271. She actually doesn't even need Ohio (or VA, NC, CO, IA, NV, NM, NH). She can still win even if she lost FL by winning NC and VA.

[geek tragedy]

6. Amazing that traditionally Republican states like CO and VA are

now becoming bricks in the blue wall

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. I hope this finally answers Rachel's concern trolling about Hillary's ad spending vs. Trump's.

She had some guy on from Priorities USA & kept badgering him about the amount of money they were spending, and the race was still a statistical deadheat (I'm paraphrasing). This should answer all her "concerns". The ads that have run here in NC have been brutal to Trump, and I suspect those hard hitting ads + a well executed convention have lead to Trump falling behind in the battleground states.

[Cryptoad]

8. I saw a poll with Hillary 1+ lead in Indiana today!

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. We may end up with a Nixon style blowout. n/t

[Cryptoad]

10. I say ,,

lets go for the Shut Out!

[anneboleyn]

19. Anecdotal, but there are ZERO pro-Trump signs around Indiana (at least according to

our friends who live around Indianapolis -- and travel around southern Indiana -- in the suburbs and small towns, which are normally awash in pro-republican signs). In 2012 Romney signs were around (but not that many). Indiana actually went for Obama in 2008.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. One of Trump's bankrupt casinos was in Gary n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

13. Excellent

People talking FL and OH don't realize there is no path to victory for Trump without PA, OH, and FL, he must sweep those three states.

[klook]

16. Good thing we already have those rigged.

[GulfCoast66]

17. Yep, the ultimate rigging

More votes

[turbinetree]

15. Maybe use some of the ad money to go after the republicans like the

Paul Ryans and the Mitch McConnell's supporters in Congress, and completely wrap the herr drumpft albatross around the republican necks, they still endorsed this "guy", they are caught between a rock and hard spot------------

Couldn't happen to a better bunch of hypocrites-------------


Honk---------------for "Our Revolution"

[liberal N proud]

26. Spend the money where it will do the most good

If you are solid in one state, no need to keep bugging people with the message.

[JNelson6563]

27. Strong enough to help down ballot races.

What is happening here, I suspect, is that more resources will be applied to helping Congressional races. It is the smart move.

Obviously they can apply more efforts to red states and surely they will. Still, Clinton thinks strategically and she knows she can get much more done with a Congressional majority.

Madam President, Madam Speaker. I like it.