i will note that i believe in ohio, sharad brown was up five points, trump is up seven points. is a 12 point spread. so, voters are giving democrats sort of a benefit of the doubt, despite whatever they think about the democratic candidate. this is back when biden was running. >> that's right. i mean, look, the good news when it comes to senate races for democrats, the democrats were performing reasonably well across the board, even before we had a switch at the top of the ticket. you know, even in our toughest races this cycle in montana and ohio, sharad brown is up in ohio, jon tester is up in montana. those are close and they are likely to close and get even closer as november approaches. but, the fact that they were already up suggest to me that the harris effect of what we are seeing of increasing enthusiasm, of increasing donations, of increasing volunteer hours, is going to have a real meaningful impact. because what it does, it raises your floor. you know, in this polarized era that we have, it is hard for either side to drop below too low of a floor if there base is en

campaign, including top lawmakers like representative adam schiff, and as of yesterday, senator sharad brown. meanwhile, the republican party is newly energized after the events of this past week. the assassination attempts on the former president's life just one week ago has hardened many republican's support for donald trump. as well as his newly minted running mate, j.d. vance, the senator from ohio. all week at the rnc, so many people were insisting that donald trump is a new man after last saturday's tragic event. it is almost like they believe after a near-death experience, he has been transformed. they insist that peace and unity has been the message of the rnc and his campaign going forward. while trump took on a more somber tone during the first 30 minutes of his speech thursday night, it was not very long before he pivoted back to his old stop speech we've all heard, repeating much of the divisive rhetoric we have heard over and over from him before. trump, once again depicted an america that is in dire condition, just like he has done all campaign season. he called the situation a

publicly calling for biden to leave the race, including, most notably, the senior senator from ohio, sharad brownate. brown becomes the fourth democratic senator among the over 30 in both houses of congress now calling for the president to step aside, at least as the nominee. one prominent democrat who is not included a number is congressman jamie raskin of maryland. raskin has not publicly called on the president to exit the race, but he wrote a four page letter to biden earlier this month about his decision, writing nobody envy the choice you must make now, mr. president. remember, this is the great politician you always are and have been. i want to leave your final thought about baseball. the american game where even the finest pitchers have only around 110 pitches in the before their arms tire and began to give out. there is no shame in taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation when your arm is tired out, and there is real danger for the team and ignoring the statistics. rissman jamie raskin joins me now. when did you write that letter, and why? >> eroded over the fourth of j

the bipartisan with sharad brown.e's in a listed marine, which is priceless in my book and a lot of others. what else? i hear a lot about the money that's going into -- elon musk came out. a lot of news has been saying the candidates are bought and paid for and whatnot. j.d. vance is very much a self-made man. it is not -- excuse me. it doesn't feel as though, you know, either candidates are in a position to where they are beholden to anyone else. they could easily have just decided to stay out of all of this and not be in politics, but they are americans. they want things to get better. they have stepped out and exposed themselves to a lot that they don't need to to try to make things better for american general. that is about all i had to say. host: matthew, florida, independent. caller: hello. thank you for having me. j.d. vance, especially for someone like me his relatively young, it's fascinating. i think what makes them unique -- president biden was talking about how his issues aligned with trump's. yeah. that w