THE TRUMP STRATEGY – AT 11:56 A.M. ET:  The Trump forces are not giving up, despite the smug predictions of the media and the fact that Trump has had an awful two weeks.  From Fox:

The Donald Trump campaign said Sunday that it plans major TV advertisements in its fight to the finish against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton -- bolstered by recent national and state polls.

"This race is not over,” Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told “Fox News Sunday.” “Many in the media say it’s over. For the 12th time they’re counting Donald Trump out.”

Despite polls indicating that Clinton leads Trump in battleground states such as Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Conway argued each are within closing distance for Trump and that Clinton has failed to cross the key 50-percent threshold in any of them, despite outspending the Trump campaign by millions.

"She’s still under 50 everywhere and she’s spent $66 million in ads, mostly negative … personal destruction ads against Donald Trump just in September,” Conway said. “So, with all that on the field, we’re just starting to increase some of our investments on the air.”

Conway said the campaign’s path to victory still includes Florida, Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and possibly Nevada while securing traditionally Republican states Arizona and Georgia.

She also argued that races in still-contested states “can turn around in the next two weeks,” before Election Day on Nov. 8.

COMMENT:  Kellyanne is excellent and experienced.  Her problem is her candidate.  This could have easily been a major Republican year, but the party blew it, and knows it.

October 23,  2016