Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans got a little bit of good news over the weekend with some highly respected polls coming in showing that Kamala Harris is continuing to grow a lead over Donald Trump.

What was considered to be the most disciplined, professional campaign Trump has ever run has devolved into yet another edition of the Trump show.

According to the NBC poll, Harris leads by five points nationally and has received a mind-boggling 16-point bump in favorability since July. NBC reports that it's “the largest increase for any politician in NBC News polling since then-President George W. Bush's standing surged after the 9/11 terrorist attacks." It appears that the more people see her, the more they like her. The CBS News Poll found Harris up 52-48 percent nationally and 51-49 percent in the battlegrounds. Importantly, the poll found that views of the economy have improved a bit and her numbers on that issue have improved with them. Those who are voting on personal qualities favor Harris 66-33% and those who are voting on "policy" are 50% for her and 50% for Trump.

Pollster G. Elliot Morris of 538, concluded that "Harris modestly leads this race but a normal amount of polling bias could see Trump win."

That throws some cold water on any euphoria Harris supporters might feel. The race remains very close and it's hard to understand how that can be after everything that's happened over the past nine years of Trump dominating our politics. In fact, it's downright disorienting.

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The good news is that he has, for the first time, said that he won't run again. Of course, he's not exactly a man of his word so I wouldn't take that to the bank. If he loses this time and disputes the results and continues to run a shadow government from Mar-a-Lago I'd say the chances are pretty good that even at the age of 82 he'll be primed for........

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