Harris ally questions over-reliance on ground game in tight race

 One big question facing Kamala Harris’ campaign now is whether they put too much stock in the value of their ground game to overcome her disadvantages in a climate sour on the incumbent party.

One source close to the campaign said that in a recent presentation, the Harris campaign emphasized the power of their ground game to give them an edge in each of the battleground states where she was locked in a tight contest with Trump. The impact of the ground game may have been “exponentially” exaggerated in this political climate, the source said.

A particular reason for alarm is the degree to which in several competitive Senate races, Harris performed worse than the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan and Wisconsin, suggesting that it was not just the broader political climate dragging her down.

Much of the finger pointing publicly and privately has centered around whether the party has lost focus on working class Americans and failed to speak to them. At the heart of that problem is a strategy of the Harris campaign to focus on democracy and abortion rather than squarely addressing her vulnerabilities on the economy and immigration.