The ad to supposedly help Vivek was one of the most strategically stupid ads I have seen in my 30 years in this business.
It was so obviously predictable that the counterpunch was going to hurt far more than the punch.
It might cost us a US Senate seat.
@George1Glass I’m a republican political consultant also does polling, mostly for my own clients. I don’t think most people who follow my page have any confusion there.
Over Guinness beer on Oct. 15 inside Kelly's Irish Pub in Downtown Lansing, MIRS editor and publisher Kyle Melinn speaks with Republican consultants John Yob and Stu Sandler. They discuss shifts in party bases and what has made 2026 unlike others.
https://t.co/XJdJLaF3xF
James did very well in the 2nd debate. Republicans are doing slightly better now than three weeks ago across the board. But its going to take far more than 1mil to save the ticket when Benson is spending 20mil. Better than nothing of course but the number needs to be 10+ at this point.
https://t.co/2EUDF1Wirf
President Trump, @JDVance, and Republicans are fighting to protect your hard earned money.
@MattHallMI: “The mission is simple: find the people stealing from government programs, cut them off, and protect these programs for the people who actually need them.”
NO MORE FRAUD!
Small update here. When House Dems pared their original buy of $733K to $498K a week ago, they dropped all buys for the week of 10/14 - 10/20. So, no ads for now. Perhaps a week from today. Methinks not, however. This "buy" has all the hallmarks of politricks.
On ticket splitting in Michigan, I was reminded by a source of the state's 2006 results today:
Governor: Dem won by 14 points
Secretary of State: Republican won by 14
Attorney General: Republican won by 10
U.S. Senate: Dem won by 16 https://t.co/iDa0LsqcFS
"Benson is unproven," Republican Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall contended. "I don't think the voters want to give unchecked power to Benson to go back and do a lot of the Democratic wish list."
Polling is fake and made up, and always has been.
One month before the 1990 election, the Detroit News had Gov. Jim Blanchard up 26 points over John Engler.
26 points.
The next month Engler won.
These people are idiots, don't believe a word they write.