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It is Tuesday, August 20th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, why the fight for the House won't mirror the presidential.

Number two, Joe Biden's swan song and number three, it's primary day. Let's get into it.

Good morning from Chicago, where I'll be honest with you, what a beautiful, beautiful city, obviously, a city I've loved for many years, but also great weather,

similar to the great weather we had in Milwaukee. The Midwest cool is a nice respite from the very,

very hot and swampy D.C. summer. The convention kicked off last night. We'll talk about that in a minute. We are in downtown

Chicago, just a couple miles from the United Center, where, again, the Democratic political world has

just descended over the last 24 to 48 hours for this convention, which will nominate Kamala Harris to be the president of the United

States, the Democratic candidate for president of the United States. But at the top this morning,

we are focusing on the House of Representatives. No surprise. We are a newsletter that focuses on

people power and politics in the Capitol. It is a bit obvious to say that the, and overly simplistic,

quite frankly, to say that Harris's soaring political fortunes should help down ballot Democrats.

Of course, duh, obvious. Yet, despite Harris's newfound popularity, there are many reasons

why Democrats dropping to victory is far from a sure thing, especially

in the House of Representatives. Just think back to 2020 and 2022. Predictions by both parties during

those cycles were very far off, embarrassingly so, also by the media, but we don't have to

dump all over ourselves. Let's temper expectations on another front as

well. Whoever wins the House is going to have a very narrow majority. Look at the House right now.

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