Comment on Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval

“U. S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials in a letter released Monday that he’ll work with them to handle their warnings of problems with election mail delivery during the primary season, while insisting that the Postal Service will be ready for the flood of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election,” the AP reports.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the state will independently investigate the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump this weekend at his golf club in West Palm Beach, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.

Jonathan Last: “Late last week, in between laughing at JD Vance and Donald Trump, I had a thought: What if the Haitians-stealing-and-eating-your-pets is actually good for the Trump campaign?” “Not good in the tactical sense. Polling on the story doesn’t look especially good for him. But good in the strategic sense.

“Vivek Ramaswamy has come off the campaign trail and will soon be taking part in the streaming wars,” Variety reports. “The former Republican presidential candidate will lead ‘Truths with Vivek Ramaswamy,’ a limited-series roundtable program that will debut on the Fox Nation streaming service on Sunday, September 22, and then air in a shorter version at 10 p.m.

Nate Cohn: “The first few polls taken entirely since Tuesday’s debate show her faring better than polls taken beforehand. If history is any guide, it will still be a few more days — perhaps another week — until the full scope of any post-debate bounce becomes evident…” “Overall, Vice President Harris leads Mr.

Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. That was true before an assassination attempt was foiled at his golf course Sunday, and it remains true after. Political violence in general, and assassinating presidential candidates specifically, also poses risks to democracy.” “There is no contradiction between these ideas whatsoever. Yet Trump’s supporters have responded to both attempts on his life by muddying the waters, exploiting the near-tragedies with cynical efforts to redefine critiques of Trump’s authoritarian inclinations as violent provocation.”