Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bakst reports that the Republican Governor's Association has canceled its TV reservations for Sept. 26 to Oct. 9, though it still has ad time on the books for the final weeks of the election. The RGA's move is a big vote of no confidence for GOP nominee Jeff Johnson, but it's not a complete surprise. The RGA reserved $2.3 million in fall TV time months ago, but an unnamed GOP operative told Buzzfeed back in June that it was "likely" they'd cancel it if their preferred candidate, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, lost the primary to Johnson.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
MN Gov: RGA bails on GOP candidate Jeff Johnson
This (from Daily Kos) comes with all of the usual caveats, no complacency, etc. And, yeah, I've seen the polls, too.
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Money ... who needs money when you have a rabid base that votes on guns, gynecology and God !
ReplyDeleteNever count the Republicans out ... did anyone think that Chip Cravaack would beat Oberstar ?
How much money did Jim Hagedorn spend in 2016 (about $356,000) and got zero help from the RNCC yet he almost beat Walz.
Besides, I saw the headline "KSTP Survey : Smith holds single digit lead" ... that lead was 9 points ... isn't Walz just up 9 points also ?
Complacency and assumption of the outcome keeps voters away from the polls.
Besides, the GOP has a reason to vote this time ... "Protect Trump".