Eighty-one percent of Americans in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say that regardless of which candidate they support, they are prepared to accept the outcome of the election.
Fewer, but still 68%, see Kamala Harris as prepared to accept the outcome. Just 29% say the same about Donald Trump.
“Democrats in Congress are scrambling for ways to publicly dredge up as much information as possible about an altercation between Trump staffers and an Arlington National Cemetery official,” Axios reports.
“The incident has been dogging the ex-president’s candidacy this week, with one House Armed Services Committee member telling Axios he’s trying to get his panel to formally investigate the matter.”
“Kamala Harris’ rally in Savannah, Georgia, was the first time a general election presidential candidate had campaigned in the city since the 1990s,” NOTUS reports.
“Democratic operatives say it was a signal: Winning Georgia isn’t only about Atlanta this time.”
“As the presidential candidates eye a busy Labor Day weekend in Pennsylvania, the Harris campaign will be opening its 50th campaign office in the state, dwarfing the Trump campaign’s presence,” Penn Live reports.
“Besides the advantage in campaign offices, there are now more than 350 staffers in Pennsylvania, according to the Harris campaign.”
“Kamala Harris’ latest ad buy likely won’t net her a win in Florida, but it’s sure to get under Donald Trump’s skin. Her campaign ran an attack ad in battleground states across the country on Tuesday and in Florida, which has been a safely red state since 2016,” the Daily Beast reports.
“The decision to shell out precious campaign cash in the Sunshine State appeared to be a perplexing one, but the campaign’s intentions became more clear after The Bulwark reported the advertisement was only run in the media market of West Palm Beach—home to Trump and his estate at Mar-a-Lago.”
New York Times: “Mr. Trump set off a blitz of negative headlines when he falsely suggested that Ms. Harris had identified as Black only later in life, and for political gain. It was an absurd assertion, and the vice president has sought to cut off oxygen to it.”
Said Harris, in her CNN interview: “Same old, tired playbook. Next question, please.”
Asked if she had anything to add, Harris replied: “That’s it.”
“Even after a softball question about a viral New York Times photo of her niece watching her speak at the Democratic convention, Ms. Harris refused to lean into the prospect of becoming the first Black woman elected as president.”
NPR: “From a strictly performance standpoint, Harris was clear, calm and didn’t get rattled when pushed about changes to her positions on certain issues.”
“In some past interviews, she came across as defensive, but that wasn’t the case here. She seemed comfortable and in command, which is important for a presidential candidate who people are still getting to know.”
“She also continued to show a degree of relatability. For example, she talked about making pancakes and cooking bacon for her nieces when President Biden called to inform her of his decision to drop out of the race.”
Playbook: “On issue after issue, Harris signaled moderation and a gauzy centrism that has been the hallmark of every winning Democratic presidential campaign for decades. Notably, when given the chance to pivot to the topics she wanted to talk about, she chose middle-class economics, not abortion rights or other base motivators.”
“Overall, the interview suggested to us how tough Donald Trump’s job is now — and especially at the Sept. 10 debate. His two main areas of attack are to cast her as left-wing and to tie her to the unpopular Biden. Last night, Harris showed how she will defend herself against both of those charges.”
“Jack White is joining the growing list of angry musicians threatening to sue the Trump campaign over the use of their music in his promotional posts,” Variety reports.
Said White: “Don’t even think about using my music you fascists.”
He added: “A double fuck you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington you scum. You should lose every military family’s vote immediately from that if anything makes sense anymore.”
“Donors to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign are pushing her to reconsider supporting a proposed tax on the wealthiest Americans, as some Wall Street and Silicon Valley executives try to reshape the Democratic nominee’s governing agenda,” the New York Times reports.
“Ms. Harris’s campaign last week said she supported the tax increases included in President Biden’s latest White House budget proposal. One of those plans would require Americans worth at least $100 million to pay taxes on investment gains even if they have not sold the stocks, bonds or other assets that have appreciated.”
“Vice President Kamala Harris has been diligently preparing for the debate stage for months — first by gearing up to face the Republican vice presidential nominee and now, over the past several weeks, to debate former President Donald Trump,“ NBC News reports.
“The prep sessions have been sandwiched between campaign stops, official duties as vice president and preparation for her first joint interview with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, which aired Thursday night on CNN.”
“Among Harris’ chief aims are to avoid being pulled into Trump’s personal attacks by remaining calm and focused on talking about how her presidency would help everyday people.”
“Lawyers for Donald Trump argued for a second time Thursday that his criminal hush money case should be heard in federal rather than state court, a move that could end up delaying the former president’s sentencing date next month,” NBC News reports.
“Inflation in the 20 European Union countries that use the euro fell sharply to 2.2% in August, opening the door for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates as the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve prepare to lower borrowing costs to support growth and jobs,” the AP reports.
The full interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz — their first as the Democratic ticket — will air on CNN at 9 p.m. ET
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A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll — conducted across battleground states after last week’s Democratic National Convention — “found Kamala Harris has narrowed or reversed Donald Trump’s advantage on key economic issues and established herself as more trusted than her rival to protect personal freedoms.”
“Harris now leads by 2 percentage points among registered voters across the seven states. She is ahead by 1 point — a statistical tie — among likely voters, a group that campaigns and pollsters begin to shift their attention to as election day nears. The statistical margin of error is 1 percentage point across the seven states.”
“Compared with her predecessor atop the Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden, Harris has opened up new possibilities for an Electoral College victory by putting Sun Belt swing states like Georgia and Nevada back in play.”
Kamala Harris told CNN that she would want a Republican in her Cabinet.
Said Harris: “It’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.