I spoke to Alan Fram of the Associated Press about the Chamber’s decision to endorse nearly two dozen of the most vulnerable House Democrats. While the Chamber backing Republicans is a dog-bites-man non-event, the group signaling support for Democrats is enough to raise eyebrows, and offer some welcome validation against GOP attacks.

Democrats in tough reelection fights can cite the chamber’s backing “as a sort of Good Housekeeping seal of approval,” said Liam Donovan, a lobbyist and former GOP political operative

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I broke down the Chamber’s calculus a bit further on Twitter:

I spoke to Reuters‘ James Oliphant about the post-convention picture and why the Trump campaign is leaning so heavily into the law and order message. The upshot? Because they desperately need to change the trajectory of the race, and while Kenosha not be the development that does it, they’re running out if time.

Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist in Virginia not affiliated with the Trump campaign, said the unrest this week in Kenosha, a small city in Wisconsin, may bolster Trump in ways other protests have not.

With the pandemic still raging and the economy struggling, “chaos and uncertainty are the best friend he has,” Donovan said.

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My snap take on Kenosha here:

The New York Times‘ David Leonhardt incorporated a tweet of mine into his wrap-up of Day 2 of the GOP Convention:

What political analysts are saying:

• “I found Night Two to be more tonally consistent and accessible for people [who] haven’t fully gulped the kool-aid. More creating a permission structure to support the ticket and less of the audience of one stuff,” tweeted Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist.

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