NEW: How Joe Biden Is Preparing for the Biggest Debate of His Life
Briefing books (he prefers Arial, size 14) and intense prep sessions fill his days even as his team tries to downplay the debate's importance.
W/ @katieglueck: nytimes.com/2020/09/28/us/…
Bob Bauer, the former WH counsel who played the role of Bernie Sanders during the primary for debate prep, has been peppering Biden in some sessions as Trump nytimes.com/2020/09/28/us/…
Of note: The Biden team has provided talking points to surrogates outlining their belief that little can occur onstage that will fundamentally change the shape of the race.
At least 15 Democratic senators/candidates raised more than $1.3 million **over the weekend**
The 13 included in Crooked Media's "Get Mitch" list plus McGrath and Kelly. (Could be others but none confirmed) nytimes.com/2020/09/21/us/…
Democrats *already* had more television dollars reserved from September through Election Day in five of the top Senate battlegrounds seen as likeliest to determine control of the Senate — North Carolina, Iowa, Arizona, Montana and Maine. nytimes.com/2020/09/21/us/…
The Trump campaign + RNC and their joint operations spent more than $350 million of the $1.1 billion raised since 2019 on fund-raising costs. nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/…
There have been some unusual expenditures like ~$110,000 to Yondr, a company that makes magnetic pouches used to store cellphones during fund-raisers so that donors could not secretly record Trump and leak his remarks. nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/…