Chest Pains

A billion isn't enough:

“People familiar with the campaign strategy, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans, said Wednesday that the campaign continues to face significant headwinds that will require more money over the coming weeks. They said each of the seven targeted swing states remains within the margin of error, requiring costly spending plans,” The Washington Post reported. One person emphasized to the Post via text, “We are in the margin of error. This will come down to grinding it out.” The grinding it out will mean more ad buys and field efforts to turn out the vote, the news outlet explained. “There have never been so many electoral college votes in play so late in the cycle, which means that our strong fundraising and volunteer enthusiasm are not guaranteed to be enough to fully reach voters everywhere they are,” another person said in an email to the Post. The fact that this behind-the-scenes information has been conveyed to the Post is obviously a bid to raise more money in the closing weeks of the race.

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