The Daily Blast: GOPers Suddenly Admit to New Reason for Alarm About Trump vs. Harris

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In a striking piece, Politico reports that many GOP operatives are alarmed about a new dynamic in the presidential race. It’s that the surge in enthusiasm among Democrats for Kamala Harris’s candidacy is driving a big disparity in fundraising between the parties, leaving GOP Senate and House candidates underfunded and in danger. As Politico puts it: “Panic is starting to set in.” To gauge how serious this is, we talked to veteran organizer Leah Greenberg, co-founder of the progressive group Indivisible, about whether on-the-ground enthusiasm and organizing strength constitute a hidden advantage for Democrats that the media is missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.8	DSR Network. I'm your host Greg Sergeant. Republicans are officially starting to panic about the surge and enthusiasm among Democrats over Kamala Harris's candidacy.
1:14.0	According to a striking new political report, many GOP operatives are sounding a loud alarm
1:20.0	about a big disparity in fundraising that's now opened up between the parties
1:24.6	leaving GOP Senate and House candidates underfunded and serious danger of losing.
1:30.4	Which raises a question. The polls still show a very close presidential race and Democrats still face tough odds in Senate and House races.
1:39.0	Does the on-the-ground enthusiasm and organizing constitute a hidden advantage for
1:44.4	Democrats one that can make a real difference on election day. Today we're talking
1:49.2	about this with Leah Greenberg who has direct and constant experience of these matters as co-founder of
1:55.0	the Progressive Group Indivisible. Great to have you on Leah. Great to be here.
2:00.4	So the Politico story is eye- opening. It reports that there was a
2:04.3	massive surge in grassroots fundraising just after President Biden left the
2:08.3	race and Kamala Harris became the Dem nominee. Not surprising, but now the House GOP campaign chair warned
2:16.6	that his party's challengers lag behind Dem House incumbents by like $ million dollars and
2:23.2	Operatives overseeing the Senate GOP's races are admitting that massive
2:27.4	spending by Senate Democrats is putting winnable races at risk for Republicans. Politico calls all this panic.
2:34.6	Lea, this seems like more than the usual garden variety scare tactics designed to
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