Well, howdy there, internet people, it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Republicans dropping hundreds of millions to try to hang on to the Senate.

The Republican Senate Super Pack is reserving airtime in eight states, and it's dropping $342 million to do it.

The Senate Leadership Fund selected states it sees a chance of winning. The states they're

spending the money on tells us a whole lot about how the Senate sees its chances. Three of them are Georgia, Michigan, and New

Hampshire. Okay, so those are battleground states the GOP hopes to win and unseat a Democrat.

It's good to have goals, I guess, but those ad buys are normal. North Carolina and Maine are another two.

North Carolina is competitive because while it's a Republican seat, the incumbent is leaving.

Maine is a Republican seat, but it's Senator Susan Collins, and she doesn't have an energized base, which is

concerning. Then it gets interesting. The other three states are Alaska, Iowa, and Ohio. Trump won

Alaska by about 13%. He won Iowa by 13%. He won Ohio by more than 11%. The Senate Super PAC feels the need to actively

defend three states in which Trump won in a landslide. SLF executive director Alex Lacham

put out a statement saying, quote,

Senate Leadership Fund is better position than ever to execute an aggressive, offensive strategy

to protect and expand the Republican Senate majority.

SLF's historic investment will help elect strong Republican senators across key battleground states

and ensure that Chuck Schumer and his party remain in the minority.

I mean, that's putting a happy face on things, but the spending sends a different message to me.

This seems like a pretty clear indication that the Senate feels it needs to defend deep red states.

When you get to the breakdowns of where the $342 million is being spent, it looks even worse.

The biggest spend isn't going to pick up a Democratic seat. Seventy-nine million is being spent to defend Ohio. There's also something

missing that's interesting. There is no big Texas spend. With a situation between Texas A.G. Paxton and Senator Cornyn, that's surprising.

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