Assessing the Ground Games

Molly Ball: “We may not be able to fully size up the campaigns’ ground games and
their effect until Election Day — and maybe not even then. But what
struck me most, in talking to Republicans about their ground game, was
the extent to which they admitted they weren’t even playing the game.”

David Gergen: “In the pivotal state of Ohio, for example, the Obama campaign has three times as many offices, often captained by experienced young
people. By contrast, a major Republican figure in the state, throwing up
his hands, told me that the Romney field team looked like a high school
civics class.”