Playbook: “There are signs that GOP confidence in Trump is now slipping. The Trump campaign is launching new ads today in North Carolina, a state that has only once voted for a Democratic presidential candidate once in the past 40 years.”
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Mysterious Network Pushed Sexual Smears of Harris
“The organizers of a mysterious network paid influencers to promote sexual smears of Vice President Kamala Harris as Democrats rallied around her to be their presidential candidate in late July,”…
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Trump Cashes In During Final Weeks of Campaign
Washington Post: “No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling a staggering array of merchandise that includes signed Bibles where he receives a…
‘Please Clap’
“Kimberly Guilfoyle eventually had to ask her audience at the Florida Republican Party annual dinner to clap for her as her awkward speech fell flat in front of an audience…
GOP Report to Denounce Biden Over Afghan Withdrawal
“House Republicans are preparing to release an investigative report blaming the Biden administration for what they called the failures of the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, laying out…
Takeaways from Trump’s Wisconsin Rally
The Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel covered Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Wisconsin yetserday, noting he “was at times nonsensical, rambling.” “His speech, which lasted nearly two hours, followed the whims of Trump’s…
Trump Again Promises to Pardon Capitol Rioters
Donald Trump once again promised to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Said Trump: “The moment…
Trial Balloon Live
Let’s gather for a special Trial Balloon Live just before the presidential debate on Tuesday, September 10 at 7 p.m. ET. Political Wire members will get the full interactive experience….
Can Trump Avoid Meandering Rambles and Low Blows?
Dan Balz: “Trump is often graded on the curve in debates. He gets credit for his ability to dominate a debate stage. That was particularly the case in his 2016…
Trump and Harris Get Set to Debate
Peggy Noonan: “What does Donald Trump have to do? He has to demonstrate he’s sane enough, stable enough and knowledgeable enough to make wavering, centrist and independent voters grow more…
Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump PAC Ramps Up Advertising
“Elon Musk’s America PAC is starting to fire up its digital ad campaign in support of Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The messages so far have been targeted at swing-state voters…
It’s Fitting the Debate Is in Pennsylvania
“When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage Tuesday night in Philadelphia, they’ll both know there’s little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency,” the…
Key Michigan County Beset by GOP Infighting
Wall Street Journal: “Macomb is one of four counties in Michigan that the Trump campaign has pegged as especially important to winning a state where the former president needs every…
Republicans Plot Pennsylvania Onslaught
“Sen. Bob Casey is bracing for a GOP onslaught,” CNN reports. “After a summer where he and his GOP opponent, David McCormick, have engaged in a brutal exchange of attacks…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Cheney and I agree on nothing — no issues. But what we do believe in is that the United States should retain its democratic foundations… I applaud the Cheneys for…
Harris to Begin ‘New Way Forward Tour’
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign will kick off what it’s billing as the “New Way Forward Tour” on Thursday, two days after the debate and a day after the vice…
Quote of the Day
“We see it on a daily basis, somebody who was willing to use violence in order to attempt to seize power, to stay in power, someone who represents unrecoverable catastrophe,…
Razor Thin Race in the Battlegrounds
In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — all tight races — a new CBS News poll finds the larger contours of the entire presidential contest ahead of the first Harris-Trump debate….
Russia’s Election Influence Efforts Shows Sophistication
“The Russian government’s covert efforts to sway the 2024 presidential election are more advanced than in recent years, and the most active foreign threat this political season,” the Washington Post…
About This Morning’s Poll
This morning’s New York Times/Siena College poll suggests Kamala Harris’ support has stalled after a truly euphoric August. It could be an outlier. Even the best pollsters field bad polls….