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Good morning, everyone.

I'm Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza.

It's Tuesday, September 3rd.

There are 62 days until the election.

We hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend, and here is what's driving the day.

First up, the Kamala Harris campaign is out with a new political ad this morning that focuses squarely on the middle class.

The 32nd spot contrasts Harris' recent plan to, quote, make groceries more affordable by cracking

down on price gouging, and cutting, quote, housing costs by taking on

corporate speculators.

She contrasts that with Trump's plan for tax cuts.

So not exactly revolutionary stuff for a Democratic presidential campaign, but this is precisely

the kind of bread and butter messaging that a lot of those outside critics

of the Biden campaign were arguing for all year. Focus on middle class economics with a populist

tinge and contrasts that with Trump's most vulnerable economic policy, which Democrats believe

are tax cuts for the rich. Now that much of the Harris campaign is in the hands of some of those

critics, it's finally happening. Next up, an important story from Ali Mutnik at Politico today

about the freak out in the GOP about a widening financial disadvantage. Republicans are racing to plug a massive money

hole before it's too late, Allie writes. Republicans were already worried about a glaring financial

gap even before Kamala Harris's rise. Now, with the election just two months away, they found

themselves in an even more dire position. Democrats have seen a flood of enthusiasm in

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