Priebus pledges 98 new field offices to narrow ground-game gap

[mystery-ak]

Priebus pledges 98 new field offices to narrow ground-game gap
posted at 4:41 pm on September 2, 2016 by Ed Morrissey

 

For a campaign that derives much of its passion from anti-establishment populists on the Right, Team Trump seems pretty sanguine about outsourcing key operations to the RNC. Reacting to reports of a massive field-office gap between the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns, RNC chair Reince Priebus pledged earlier today to open almost 100 new field office in key swing states. That would cut the gap nearly in half — but that assumes they would focus exclusively on the presidential race, and that Team Trump would organize themselves to coordinate successfully with them:

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[geronl]

I knew this would happen. The RNC is being bled dry by Trump. Congressional candidates will be hurt.

[sinkspur]

Way too late.  There is still no campaign.

Meanwhile, not where you want to be on Labor Day weekend if you're MAGA:

[Right_in_Virginia]

I knew this would happen. The RNC is being bled dry by Trump. Congressional candidates will be hurt.

How so?  Trump is the only one raising money for the RNC.  Money the RNC would have spent on any candidate for POTUS.

[sinkspur]

How so?  Trump is the only one raising money for the RNC.  Money the RNC would have spent on any candidate for POTUS.

Romney, McCain, Bush all set up their own field offices.  Trump is too lazy to do it and started way too late.  So now the RNC has to use its money to fund state offices instead of directing it toward the Senate and House races.

[geronl]

Romney, McCain, Bush all set up their own field offices.  Trump is too lazy to do it and started way too late.  So now the RNC has to use its money to fund state offices instead of directing it toward the Senate and House races.