http://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...eek-but-some-texan-republicans-wonder-why.ece
First, it seems odd that Trump is visiting a safely red state like Texas. He'll be making a stop in Ft Worth and then The Woodlands. Both metroplexes are decidedly Republican so this makes some sense from a fundraising standpoint. But Austin? Austin hasn't been red in a presidential election for decades. Heck, not even hometown boy George W Bush could turn Austin blue for either election. And yet, Trump thinks his time is best spent campaigning in Austin? I've only seen one person wearing a "Make Great America Again" hat here in Austin in the last year than Trump has been campaigning.
Here's a key quote from the article.
“Apart from it being miserable on the basis of temperature, it is strategically incompetent,” Austin-based GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak said of Trump’s campaign schedule. “It makes absolutely no sense. ... It almost seems like they’re throwing darts at a map and deciding that way.”
Mackowiak, a vocal Trump critic, argues that the nominee should commit all of his attention to the small slice of states that could give him a path to electoral success. By continuing to hold rallies each night, Trump is drawing focus away from Clinton, Mackowiak says.
“He would be so much better off resting, doing policy briefings, doing debate prep, doing conference calls with donors in other areas,” Mackowiak said. “There’s a million other things he could be doing that would be more productive than going to Austin and Mississippi 80 days before the election. It’s completely indefensible and it’s clinically insane.”
Clinton, for her part, is playing it smart and focusing strictly on battleground states.
First, it seems odd that Trump is visiting a safely red state like Texas. He'll be making a stop in Ft Worth and then The Woodlands. Both metroplexes are decidedly Republican so this makes some sense from a fundraising standpoint. But Austin? Austin hasn't been red in a presidential election for decades. Heck, not even hometown boy George W Bush could turn Austin blue for either election. And yet, Trump thinks his time is best spent campaigning in Austin? I've only seen one person wearing a "Make Great America Again" hat here in Austin in the last year than Trump has been campaigning.
Here's a key quote from the article.
“Apart from it being miserable on the basis of temperature, it is strategically incompetent,” Austin-based GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak said of Trump’s campaign schedule. “It makes absolutely no sense. ... It almost seems like they’re throwing darts at a map and deciding that way.”
Mackowiak, a vocal Trump critic, argues that the nominee should commit all of his attention to the small slice of states that could give him a path to electoral success. By continuing to hold rallies each night, Trump is drawing focus away from Clinton, Mackowiak says.
“He would be so much better off resting, doing policy briefings, doing debate prep, doing conference calls with donors in other areas,” Mackowiak said. “There’s a million other things he could be doing that would be more productive than going to Austin and Mississippi 80 days before the election. It’s completely indefensible and it’s clinically insane.”
Clinton, for her part, is playing it smart and focusing strictly on battleground states.
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