Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter?

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7. It will matter.

When the Washington Post goes out of its way to put something like this in print, and uses the cliches and narratives the media has been using to support its tired old, traditional assertions about its own ability to analyze and predict election results, that tells you that not only is this mattering, but it is having the desired effect.

And here's the real rub. That money is helping a lot of media outlets stay in business. Lots of ad revenue, though I think the clincher in this election is going to be the ground game that she has, and he has abandoned because he doesn't think he needs it any more. Given that Tim Walz's rally in Erie, PA a month ago doubled Trump's there this week, I'd say Harris and Walz have plenty of people working to get the word out. That's just one example.

Maybe this race is a virtual tie, like the media keeps insisting, but what I see is much more of an effort than necessary to convince people and themselves that it is, as long as they can keep it up.