Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* It seems hard to believe, but President Joe Biden’s re-election team raised $10 million in the 24 hours following his State of the Union address. A senior Biden campaign adviser told NBC News the haul came by way of roughly 116,000 donations from 113,000 contributors.
* Speaking of the Democratic incumbent, Team Biden unveiled a new, minute-long television commercial, which is part of a six-week, $30 million ad buy. The spot will air on local broadcast and cable television in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
I'm not a young guy. That's no secret. But, here's the deal: I understand how to get things done for the American people.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 9, 2024
Here’s the first ad of our spring media campaign. pic.twitter.com/SFvwMdgzwv
* Biden was also asked late last week whether he intends to debate Donald Trump in the fall. “It depends on his behavior,” the president replied.
* Speaking of Trump, he told supporters at his latest rally in Georgia over the weekend that public-opinion polls are “all rigged,” except the ones that show him ahead.
* In case you missed it late last week, Trump’s control over the Republican National Committee advanced on Friday, as party officials unanimously elected a new leadership team handpicked by the former president: North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley will serve as the party’s new chair, while Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law, will serve as co-chair.
* In her acceptance speech, Lara Trump told RNC members, “This isn’t just about right versus left, Republican versus Democrat. It’s about good versus evil.” * Over the course of just five weeks, Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana launched a U.S. Senate campaign, ended a U.S. Senate campaign, launched a re-election bid to the U.S. House, and announced his retirement from elected office. * It was just a few weeks ago when Gov. Chris Sununu told Politico, in reference to Donald Trump and the Republican Party, “It won’t be his party forever. Right? It just won’t. … Let me put it a different way: A–holes come and go. But America is here to stay.” A few days ago, the New Hampshire Republican nevertheless endorsed Trump’s candidacy. * And in a move of great interest to those of us who pay a lot of attention to polling, the FiveThirtyEight model has dropped Rasmussen surveys, which will no longer be included in the outlet’s polling averages and forecasts.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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