The only way that last night's presidential debate could have gone better for Vice President Kamala Harris is if it had been held in late October, not early September. With a forceful, confident, needling performance, Harris did everything Democrats could have hoped for when they pressured President Joe Biden to leave the race earlier this summer.
A snap poll from CNN showed that a decisive majority of voters thought Harris won the debate. And as Harris did with her convention speech last month, she likely made substantial progress last night in convincing open-minded voters that she is capable of handling the presidency.
I was expecting Trump to try to rattle Kamala Harris, and I didn't expect Kamala Harris would rattle Trump as much. He seemed very off-kilter. I'm sure his debate handlers and prep people didn't tell him to talk about eating cats and dogs, and talk about rally size. She lived rent-free in his head.
So much time-nearly two months-remains before Election Day, however, that Harris's strong display last night is unlikely to be the last twist in this campaign. The momentum from the debate will ease concerns among Democrats about a series of recent polls showing Trump cutting into the lead that Harris had.
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