For two solid weeks now, the Daily Kos Elections presidential forecast model has found that Hillary Clinton has at least a 95 percent chance of beating Donald Trump, and other prognosticators view the race similarly. Now, 95 percent is not 100 percent, and no one can relax or take anything for granted. But it does mean that Clinton and her No. 1 surrogate, the very popular Barack Obama, can concentrate their energies on making sure that the next president has a Democratic Congress to work with:
It’s not talk. Clinton’s backing this up with real resources:
Hillary Clinton is pouring $1 million into Indiana and Missouri in the campaign’s final weeks — not because the Democratic presidential nominee thinks she can carry those reliably Republican states, but because she believes that, with an extra push, Democrats can win the Senate and governors’ races there.
In Michigan, the Clinton campaign is propelling a late surge by Democratic state legislative candidates to regain their House majority. In parts of Maine, Nebraska, Virginia and other states, Clinton volunteers are touting Democratic congressional candidates in their phone calls and fliers to voters. And as Clinton rallied supporters across Pennsylvania on Saturday with running mate Tim Kaine, she touted Senate hopeful Katie McGinty and attacked her GOP opponent, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, as beholden to presidential nominee Donald Trump.
And it’s not just Clinton—Obama’s putting his back into it, too:
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President Barack Obama is endorsing 30 more House candidates Monday, expanding his effort to use his rising popularity to help Democrats looking to flip or hold swing districts across the country — and crush them under the association with Donald Trump.
Obama’s already taped ads and robocalls for several candidates, and more is expected in the final two weeks until Election Day.
The top pro-Clinton super PAC has also expanded its focus:
The well-funded pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA recently announced that they would start airing ads in key Senate races that tie vulnerable Republicans to Donald Trump. They’re now out with their first offering in New Hampshire against Sen. Kelly Ayotte, and it’s everything Democrats could hope it would be.
With everyone on Team Blue pulling in the same direction, surely we can do our part as well.