The DCCC posted another $17,000 expenditure in Mississippi tonight: $14,000 on field organizing and $3000 on literature.
They also posted spending $20,000 on phonebanking and field organizing for Travis Childers last night.
Curiously, the NRCC hasn’t posted any expenditures here since their big $215,000 dump on Friday night — with the exception of this nugget tonight:
- $4400 on polling
I’m not sure what exactly that is going to accomplish here on the eve of the election.
Total spent:
NRCC: $1,277,545  |  DCCC: $1,840,169
We’ll be bringing you wall-to-wall MS-01 coverage tomorrow, so be sure to check back with us. Also, if you want to do your part to help get out the vote for Travis Childers, the DCCC has set up a virtual phonebanking center for Travis Childers.
Let’s do this thing!
They may be checking to see what the margin will be. They don’t sound optimistic.
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…we now know why we haven’t heard a peep as to the results of all that polling.
And again, I have not, nor has anyone I’ve spoken to, been push-polled. And the phone is ringing constantly with robo-calls and whatnot.
so, at least in this neck of the district, that’s not where that money’s been going
I won’t get back home until about 6pm on the West Coast, that’s 8pm in MS-01, right? Or is it 9pm already there? Would that be too late to phonebank, or not?
Polling? WTF?
Seriously, can someone explain why they would be polling at this point? Are they trying to waste money? Is the polling company some sort of money laundering operation? Is the owner of the polling company blackmailing them? Maybe they have pictures of the NRCC cavorting naked with squirrels.
What is going on?
Maybe the last minute polling is to determine who to blame in their talking points after tomorrow night’s loss. They have already blamed “weak candidates” quite a few times, they probably need a new scape goat.
I mean seriously, we have no business winning this district tomorrow. We had no business going 49-46 in the previous election to get to this point. Now the expectations are that we’re going to carry this thing by 3-5 points. I’ve tried to become more of a realist than just pessimistic (given our losses in 2000 and 2004 at the top level), and 2006 have helped that. But I’m just not convinced we are going to win tomorrow in this district, which is that much more conservative than LA-06.
I’ve seen Childers win by 3% three weeks ago, so I know he can win this election. I just think it’s going to be closer than all hell, it’s going to be late into the night, and I’m not going to be devastated if we happen to lose, given where this district is. I hope for the love of everything that we pull out this upset (it is an upset) and take MS-01 away from the GOP and go up 236-199… that in itself is a mental win to drop them below 200 for the rest of 110th Congress.
BEST OF LUCK CHILDERS – GO DEMOCRATS ’08!!!
Which would give you some time to squeeze in a few calls.
Here’s a different thought about all the weird polling. Perhaps Repub’s internal polling is showing them something they like. They continue to poll to make sure it is still working for them. In other words, if things turn against them, they would instantly dump more $ into the race. Since they have put no more money in since Friday, they think they are in the catbird seat.
O/c one could posit the opposite. That is, their poll continues to tell them the situation is hopeless. They continue to poll to see if something has magically changed, in which case they would pump large amounts of $ in at the last moment. If, however, the poll indicates nothing but grimness, they see no point in flushing still more money down the drain.
I think one could argue either way. Needless to say, I prefer the ‘hopeless Repub’ situation, but it could be the opposite.
I would bet that they are polling to really look at the internals to see if the Obama ads have any effect. The information may not be for use in this campaign but to make future plans of attack.