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Trump, in a phone call to the Times, said he’s “thrilled” with his top campaign leadership and said he is not making changes to it, questioning why he would even do so. https://t.co/FKxorsjcZN

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 10, 2024

Nate Cohn: "Harris may be polling like a generic Democrat, but she’ll now be subject to much more scrutiny and attack...This period will not last forever, and the question is whether she will retain this kind of support when the going gets tough."

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) August 10, 2024

Trump’s numbers still haven’t really ever shifted much. He’s at his ceiling and has been.

Harris brought people back over from third party. It’s unclear whether that consolidation would have eventually happened for Biden - we’ll never know. https://t.co/HNH604R6Vj

— Natalie Jackson (@nataliemj10) August 10, 2024

Still unclear when the “scrutiny and attack” starts. At least the effective stuff. I’m old enough to remember when Harris enter the race and we were assured Trump would “define her” in short order. Still waiting for that to happen.

Meanwhile: money talks.

Today, the Trump campaign placed $37.2M in new ad spending, the most he's reserved on TV ads in a single day this cycle.

New Trump reservations placed today by state:#GAPol: $23.8M#NCPol: $4.4M#MIPol: $3.1M#WIPol: $2.0M#AZPol: $2.0M#NVPol: $1.4M#PAPol: $867K

— AdImpact Politics (@AdImpact_Pol) August 9, 2024

"Both sides:"

After yesterday's new Trump orders, how do September-November reservations look for each party in the battleground states?#PAPol:🔴$50.5M🔵$38.3M#GAPol:🔵$25.1M🔴$19.4M#MIPol:🔵$32.3M🔴$1.8M#AZPol:🔵$21.3M🔴$1.1M#WIPol:🔵$16.6M🔴$1.3M#NCPol:🔵$15.3M🔴$0#NVPol:🔵$5.5M🔴$0

— AdImpact Politics (@AdImpact_Pol) August 10, 2024

$$ For Trump's & @GOP vs. $$ For VP Harris & What 🇺🇸 Is Seeing.. pic.twitter.com/8k0ENbX83F

— SFrank (@sfranklin1926) August 10, 2024

My hobby horse, because:

September looking like a busy month for Trump’s lawyers, who have enjoyed a respite the last few weeks https://t.co/CgHbYteZIa

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 9, 2024

Trump’s gonna need that money.