Not Looking So Confident, Kamala…

If the polls are to be believed, Kamala Harris is doing pretty well in the race to become president.

If you look at what Kamala Harris is doing and saying, not so much.

My Redstate colleague Bonchie wrote a great piece on the difficulties Harris is facing and the fact that Harris’ internal polls show a much gloomier picture than the one provided by public polling. If the information shared with CNN is real, then Harris is fighting an uphill battle.

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"I am feeling very good about Pennsylvania because there are a lot of people in Pennsylvania who deserve to be seen and heard." pic.twitter.com/yjoWSqTljC

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024

Internal polls–the ones that parties and candidates commission for their own use--do everything they can to avoid gaslighting and spin because campaigns need real information to guide their spending and efforts. Public polls may be honest or may be spin, but internal polling can’t afford that luxury because you can’t address a problem without knowing what it is.

At a leadership retreat for top aides in Wilmington last week, Jen O’Malley Dillon – the campaign chair hired by Joe Biden and retained by Kamala Harris – ticked through the battleground states and warned them: the vice president still did not have any one sure path to 270 electoral votes.

Pennsylvania looks rough, though very possible, by their internal numbers before the debate. North Carolina, disappointing Democrats every election for the last 15 years, is feeling better to them this time around than Arizona, which Biden narrowly won four years ago. Nevada and Georgia both seem possible, though depending on the poll, can take a lot of squinting. Michigan and Wisconsin are looking like the best of the bunch for Harris, according to the campaign’s internal numbers.

As pumped as Harris aides are about her debate performance earlier this week, they don’t think it changed any of that.

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