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Now please enjoy the show. This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic produced and presented by the

DSR Network. I'm your host Greg Sergeant. On Tuesday night, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in their first

debate. It goes without saying that the stakes are extremely

high as poles now show the two of them effectively tied with perhaps a very slight edge to Harris.

Yet some analysts out there have made good arguments holding that the pieces really are in place

for her to win this thing.

Today we're talking about those arguments with Lakshya Jane of the group Split Ticket who's been really illuminating

at analyzing what the data tells us. He's going to help us test the case for optimism

and understand what Harris has to accomplish at the debate.

Great to have you back on.

Thanks for having me.

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