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S2E13: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today

Mark Halperin

Oct 16, 2024

“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024

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“2WAY Tonight” can be seen this evening at a special time of 7pm ET, right after Kamala Harris’ interview on Fox News.

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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted

* Kamala Harris

Per Politico:

She’s underscoring that elsewhere today, where she’ll appear with 100 Republicans — including former GOP Reps. ADAM KINZINGER (Ill.), BARBARA COMSTOCK (Va.), DAVID TROTT (Mich.) and other ex-Trump officials and GOP leaders — in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for a speech emphasizing protecting the Constitution.

6pm: Fox News airs interview with Bret Baier.

* Donald Trump

11am: Fox News women-only town hall airs.

10pm ET: Univision airs town hall with “ Latino voters who qualify themselves as undecided.”

* Tim Walz

* JD Vance

* Doug Emhoff

* Joe Biden

1pm ET: Eulogy for Ethel Kennedy; Barack Obama and Bill Clinton also in attendance.

“The Morning Meeting” topics:

* War gaming the Harris-Baier interview.

* What does the massive first-day turnout in Georgia mean?

* How much does it matter if Michelle Obama and/or Nikki Haley campaign for their candidates?

ESSENTIAL READING/VIEWING

….with Paul Wilke

* Politico:

Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried Vice President Kamala Harris’ operation is being poorly run in the nation’s biggest battleground state.
They say some Harris aides lack relationships with key party figures, particularly in Philadelphia and its suburbs. They complain they have been left out of events and surrogates haven’t been deployed effectively. And they’ve urged Harris staff in private meetings to do more to turn out voters of color.
Some are even pointing fingers at Harris’ Pennsylvania campaign manager, Nikki Lu, who they say lacks deep knowledge of Philadelphia, where the vice president must drive up voter turnout in order to win.
“I have concerns about Nikki Lu,” said Ryan Boyer, who, as the first Black head of the city’s influential building trades council, is one of the most powerful labor leaders in the state. “I don’t think she understands Philadelphia.”
For some Pennsylvania Democratic elected officials, party leaders and allies, 20 of whom POLITICO spoke to for this article, they’re anxious the in-state operation has set them back.