According to a story in Politico, senior leaders in Joe Biden's campaign are fighting over how to battle Pres. Tump's online fundraising machine.<br />Politico says a rift that comes as campaigning has moved largely online.<br />Biden is up against a massive deficit against Trump’s unprecedented digital operation.<br />What's the disagreement about?<br />Whether to hire most of its digital team internally or to rely on Michael Bloomberg's digital firm Hawkfish.<br />The battle over Hawkfish is a generational fight.<br />Older Biden staffers are more receptive to Hawkfish’s pitches than younger, digitally native staffers.<br />Some argue the an in-house digital team would make the campaign more nimble, save money, and generate more authentic content.<br />Since the coronavirus shutdown began last month, the campaign has not added any digital staffers.<br />Trumps team consists of hundreds of digital staffers and growing.
