(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

My God, you're so ******* gullible. Has Blinken resigned yet?

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

Actually, the $700k is being spent in traditional democrat strongholds. The only money they left in the state is to shore up vulnerable down-ballot dem house districts.

(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

why would you buy weekly when the election is less than a week away?

(10-30-2024 02:59 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

why would you buy weekly when the election is less than a week away?

Well, that was posted on the 30th. So that would be 7 days left until the election. Why not buy 1 more week of ads instead of day by day ? Unless you know you are getting your ass beat in those markets.

(10-30-2024 03:05 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:59 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

why would you buy weekly when the election is less than a week away?

Well, that was posted on the 30th. So that would be 7 days left until the election. Why not buy 1 more week of ads instead of day by day ? Unless you know you are getting your ass beat in those markets.

correct, and technically the pulling out occured back on Monday or over the past weekend. it was confirmed yesterday that it had happened.

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

Yep just living it up here in the burbs suckling off the DC teet. Not paying any taxes is the life! How stupid of me to choose to live in VA when I moved here because that is where the office was.

Our car taxes for the year are higher then many counties property tax. Why do we have good schools? Property taxes. And we are selfish because we don’t agree with politically? Tone down the rhetoric

You funny.

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

Harris has been toast for weeks. I knew the internal polling was telling the Trump Campaign that Harris was done when Trump began wasting time in states he has no chance of winning. He would only waste time doing that if 270+ electoral votes were safely secured. Once that was done, the Trump Campaign would be looking to do two things with those kinds of trips to Blue States. One purpose for going to places like California or New York would be to help down ballot Congressional races to give himself a Republican House and Senate. The other purpose would also be important in governing----but also personally important to Trump himself---and that would be to campaign in high population areas where he can win extra votes that wont help in the electoral college---but might help him to actually win the popular vote (something no Republican presidential candidate has done for 2 decades).

(10-29-2024 01:19 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

No. Trump is close in VA. Kaine is probably the safest of the purple state senators.

Yea, Li’l Timmy is +2 by last polling.

The Drumpf will be in SW Va later this week or something, Salem, if these folks decide to turn out it could be a significant flip

I have noticed the distinct lack of Harris Walz signs in my neighborhood. And I live in a Mixed neighborhood when it comes to political choices. Folks who Proudly flew Hillary and Biden signs in 2016 and 2020 have no political paraphernalia in their yard this year.

(10-30-2024 11:54 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

Yep just living it up here in the burbs suckling off the DC teet. Not paying any taxes is the life! How stupid of me to choose to live in VA when I moved here because that is where the office was.

Our car taxes for the year are higher then many counties property tax. Why do we have good schools? Property taxes. And we are selfish because we don’t agree with politically? Tone down the rhetoric

You funny.

It is one of the many reasons I am hoping for a Trump victory. Part of the Musk efficiency program, I presume, will be to break up the bureaucratic morass surrounding DC and spread it across the country:

--> Energy Dept. to Texas.
--> Homeland Security to Florida.
--> Agriculture Dept. to Iowa.
--> Commerce Dept. to New Jersey.
--> Interior Dept. to Utah.
--> Labor Dept. to Michigan.
--> Transportation Dept. to Missouri.
--> Health & Human Services to California.
--> Education to the trash heep.

The only departments that should remain resident in DC are State, Treasury, Justice and Defense.

So where will your job be taking you, Mr. X.?

A billion Dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to I guess....

gosh gee-whiz guys, it's only taking a $2.7 million ad buy down to $700k. That's only a 75+% cut.

Nothing to see here, move along. It's what normal campaigns do. dontcha know?

Stolen Valor, just because schools are shiny and new doesn't mean they are 'good schools'. LCPS and FCS are two of the worst, most corrupt and devisive school systems in the country.

Well this appears to be good news for Harris.

Quote:Early vote numbers in North Carolina show the electorate skewing older and whiter, compared to the state’s voter registration, a red flag for Democrats who need Black voters to turn out in heavy numbers if Kamala Harris is going to flip this state.

Black Turnout Lagging in NC a Warning Sign For Harris

Liberals are like your teenagers with your credit card. They’ll spend like drunken sailors. When they’re forced to manage their own money, they usually fail because liberals always spend like it’s someone else’s money.

(10-30-2024 03:05 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:59 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

why would you buy weekly when the election is less than a week away?

Well, that was posted on the 30th. So that would be 7 days left until the election. Why not buy 1 more week of ads instead of day by day ? Unless you know you are getting your ass beat in those markets.

Good point, I just figured a weekly buy would run some standard like Sun-Sat or Sat-Fri.

(10-30-2024 02:27 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 02:25 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:36 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  They merely cut back on their original ad buy of $2.7 million, removing ads from markets where they project they are too far behind to spend money in the last week. They are still spending $700k in markets where they are more competitive. You know, what normal campaigns do, every election.

no, its more like they are broke. Probably why they didnt get beyonce to perform. Couldnt afford it.

My God, you're so ******* gullible. Has Blinken resigned yet?

LOL @ the irony. All you have is projection.

(10-31-2024 03:40 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 01:19 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

No. Trump is close in VA. Kaine is probably the safest of the purple state senators.

Yea, Li’l Timmy is +2 by last polling.

The Drumpf will be in SW Va later this week or something, Salem, if these folks decide to turn out it could be a significant flip

The polls I have seen have Kaine with a double digit lead, with Trump and Harris within the margin of error.

(10-31-2024 06:38 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-30-2024 11:54 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(10-29-2024 11:48 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  If Virginia is truly "in play" for Donald Trump, then Kamala is toast. But I'll only believe that on (or sometime after) Nov. 6. I think that there are just not enough votes to counter the Mr. X selfish set - - sucking off the taxpayer teet in DC, but unwilling to put up with the high taxes or crime that comes from living in the capital district or the Maryland suburbs.

What MIGHT be happening instead - - as noted by hburg - - is that little Timmy Kaine is suddenly concerned that Hung Cao may be gaining on him, and went crying to his DNC overlords. While there are lots of NoVA voters unwilling to cast a vote for Donald Trump, that is specific to him. As we saw with the Youngkin/Sears/Miyares sweep in 2021, even the blue-leaning voters of Northern Virginia will only eat so much of the America-hating Democrat crap that is being fed to them.

With Kamala performing as badly as it appears, the Democrat machine may have decided to try to throw a last-minute lifeline to the twerp Kaine. I'd be so happy if he went down to defeat.

Yep just living it up here in the burbs suckling off the DC teet. Not paying any taxes is the life! How stupid of me to choose to live in VA when I moved here because that is where the office was.

Our car taxes for the year are higher then many counties property tax. Why do we have good schools? Property taxes. And we are selfish because we don’t agree with politically? Tone down the rhetoric

You funny.

It is one of the many reasons I am hoping for a Trump victory. Part of the Musk efficiency program, I presume, will be to break up the bureaucratic morass surrounding DC and spread it across the country:

--> Energy Dept. to Texas.
--> Homeland Security to Florida.
--> Agriculture Dept. to Iowa.
--> Commerce Dept. to New Jersey.
--> Interior Dept. to Utah.
--> Labor Dept. to Michigan.
--> Transportation Dept. to Missouri.
--> Health & Human Services to California.
--> Education to the trash heep.

The only departments that should remain resident in DC are State, Treasury, Justice and Defense.

So where will your job be taking you, Mr. X.?

I strongly agree with you about moving things out. What little federal role education has can be put in Labor as workforce development. VA needs to be folded into HHS. HUD needs to be dissolved as well. Its a cesspool of corruption. Its got something like 40 housing programs. Those could be reduced to 4 or 5 and moved to HHS. Much of the rest could go to Treasury (Fannie Mae) or left to the private sector or universities (they do some real estate analysis).

Kind of ridiculous Energy being anywhere but Houston, the energy capitol of the world. Kind of ridiculous having Interior anywhere but the west where 99% of the federal lands are. Should be in SLC or Denver.

Moving things out would reduce facilities costs and help in reducing headcount.

I had worked out in my mind where I would move departments and it was pretty similar to the post above.
Energy-Houston
Interior-Denver
Agriculture-St. Louis or Kansas City
Transportation-Chicago
Labor-Detroit

Commerce and HHS could go a number of places. HHS maybe to Atlanta with CDC and Commerce to Dallas.

(10-31-2024 07:38 AM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Well this appears to be good news for Harris.

Quote:Early vote numbers in North Carolina show the electorate skewing older and whiter, compared to the state’s voter registration, a red flag for Democrats who need Black voters to turn out in heavy numbers if Kamala Harris is going to flip this state.

Black Turnout Lagging in NC a Warning Sign For Harris

Again - this is the false (maybe false) flag BS that I am referring to. Maybe people will go and vote ON VOTING DAY, you know like a lot of people do FFS....

There is a lot of psychology that nobody understands when this schidt is put out there like this.