After running neck-and-neck with Trump, Harris is ahead in all polls now, according to realclearpolling.com. Harris enjoys a 51.8% chance of becoming president in November's election, while Trump has a 46.9% chance. This differs from a week ago when the two were virtually tied. Betfair gives Harris a 50% chance, Trump a 45% chance.

Vice President Kamala Harris did exactly what the political professionals said she should do. In some cases, that was what operatives would tell any candidate to do in any election at any time: Don’t worry about the specific question you are asked,

He fired off insults that play into tropes about women and Black people, calling her "weak," "dumb as a rock" and "lazy." Deploying those attacks in front of tens of millions of viewers - and Harris' response - would carry risks for both candidates,

Kamala Harris set a hook. And Donald Trump took the bait — over and over again. In the first face-to-face showdown between the two presidential candidates, she taunted him for his crowd sizes, his past bankruptcies,

Two possible explanations for why Harris’s poll numbers have begun to plateau and how we should think about the race ahead of Tuesday’s debate.