If djou polls looked good he would release them since he is behind in fundraising. Everyone knows that if you are behind, you try and get as many debates scheduled as possible in the hopes your opponent messes up. That is why hillary declined to debate bernie more. When you are up, you play it safe. So Djous request and Caldwell's denial both indicate that their pols show Djou trailing, and even with Mitsunaga and the PAC they don't have enough money to run enough ads to make up the ground. Barring any unforseen changes, this race was over quite a few weeks ago.