It’s here. The phone is ringing off the hook. No rumor is too off-the-wall not to take seriously, especially after David Plouffe’s pronouncement last night on CNN that Kamala Harris is well positioned to take all seven swing states
So in the Trump universe, the operatives yawned and said, “That’s just David doing his job, to keep hope alive.” But in the New York Times newsroom, they want to believe him.
I’ve even heard this morning that the Harris campaign believes Indiana is in play. And that if Trump loses North Carolina (which he may, courtesy of the disastrous recent remarks of Governor Mark Robinson, who looks likely to be defeated), then what?
I spoke today, as my readers know I do most days, to Trump’s first campaign adviser Sam Nunberg, who has been plugged in since the early hours. (At the end he has to hop off to take one more campaign call).
Here’s his take on where we are. I think he sounds less confident than he was a couple weeks ago but he says the Trump campaign thinks Pennsylvania is “doable” and, says they are optimistic.
And yet the Harris team says the same thing.
You can read the transcript below or listen to it here:
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