Tom Levenson: Stamina! (And Tactical Thinking): "There’s quite a contrast. The Republican ticket lists only what the two principals are doing... (Live from Las Vegas and Omaha)
...Trump and... Pence have... sixteen headlined campaign rallies over the next four days....
Hillary’s campaign lists not just the ticket’s events, but those of her top surrogates. Including those gives Clinton/Kaine sixteen events just today. Two by the candidate (compared to four Trump rallies today, btw), one Kaine-led farrago--to which add appearances by Obama, Biden, Bernie Sanders, Bill C., Chelsea C., and a Cleveland, OH concert headlined by Jay Z. (Props to Bernie, doing four events today, three in IA and one in Nebraska, and then two more tomorrow, in IA and CO. Not leaving it on the table is our Senator from VT.) Twelve tomorrow, without POTUS and Bill, but adding Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder and Jon Bon Jovi appearing in two concerts in PA (Perry and Wonder0 and FL (Bon Jovi). Sunday and Monday see fewer events, but with similar star power--Obama back on the trail, with Michelle joining him and Clinton, Bill and Chelsea for an election-eve rally in Philadelphia. In all, and not counting some Cher-led fundraisers, the Democratic campaign has thirty eight events between now and election day....
The two campaigns basically agree on what’s left to fight about.... FL, NC, OH, PA, MI, IA, CO, and NH. Trump, somewhat oddly, heads to NV for the rally that is half his Saturday schedule. (Odd, because early voting ends today in NV.)... Clinton, Kaine and their surrogates will skip Nevada but add stops in Nebraska’s one gettable electoral vote (with a Sanders visit), in Colorado on (four rallies on two different days--three led by Bill Clinton, one by Sanders), and one Joe Biden visit to Wisconsin.... None of this speaks to the ground game or any of the secret sauce....
An bit of strangeness: while Trump is indeed making good on his promise to fill a heavy campaign schedule, Pence only has three solo appearances slated. I’m not sure what that means, if anything--could be Trump doesn’t see the point of spending money on his number two; could be that Pence is dialing it back; could be what the goat’s entrails told someone.
