And Laura went both in terms of Harris's performance and the degree to which Donald Trump lost

his composure multiple times last night.

How does the debate in their view help her position in this campaign moving forward?

Well the campaign feels as though it helps her immensely that essentially the momentum

she has had since she jumped into the race, they feel as though it's only going to be furthered

by the debate. And that's what a lot of Democrats that I spoke to said.

They feel as though it's totally different

than how they felt after that June debate

between President Biden and Donald Trump.

They particularly pointed out direct appeals that they feel Harris was

wise to make to key voting blocks, specifically appealing to women on abortion, appealing

to centrist and undecideds on January 6th as we reported and also a direct

appeal to some 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania itself

specifically in her defense of Ukraine.

And I also spoke to Jeff Duncan, a former lieutenant

governor of Georgia, one of those Republicans

that is backing Harris.

And he said that Harris is making it hard

for level-headed Republicans to vote for Trump again and is giving

them a strong permission structure to vote for her.

At least the meantime, Donald Trump is touting his debate performance.

I think he said it was his best ever.

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