The Post-Labor Day Sprint: The Dueling Economic Plans of Harris and Trump

Election Day now nine weeks away, and the post Labor Day sprint is on top of mind for both candidates. The economy. Vice President Harris and former President Trump are set to tout dueling economic plans this week, as a recent CBS Battleground Tracker shows just how tight the race is in the seven states that could decide the race. Here, CBS, is Robert Costa. The final sprint toward Election Day has begun. Are you ready to make your voices heard? Get the hell out to vote. Both campaigns are laser focused on next Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia, a crucial moment that could shake up a close race. C B S. News Battleground analysis shows every key swing state very tight. And with mail ballots going out to voters as soon as Friday and early in person voting starting September 20th, the debate could have an outsized impact. I look forward to the debate with her. Meanwhile, some Trump allies see little political upside in his barrage of personal attacks. She’s a defective person, and we don’t need another defective person as president of the United States. South Carolina Republican Lindsay Graham arguing in today’s New York Times that Trump needs to focus on policy, not barbs. When unions are strong, America is strong. Vice President Harris and her running mate Tim Walls have been hitting a populist note as they court working voters and cast Trump as an ally of big business. Releasing a new ad in battleground states today, Trump is focused on Giving them tax cuts. But Kamala Harris is focused on you. Trump is pushing to extend the tax cuts he and Republicans enacted years ago. And we’ll deliver a speech Thursday in New York about his plans. Meanwhile, the campaign soundtrack today got a scratch after a judge blocked Trump from using hold on, I’m coming, the soul hit co written by the late Isaac Hayes, following legal pressure from Hayes’s family. The battle over music pales in comparison to the battle over the economy. Today, Harris unveiled her own economic ideas, pushing for federal tax incentives for small businesses. That includes a ten fold increase in the deduction for startup expenses, going from 5,000 to 50,000. Maurice, it is on now. Robert Costa in Washington tonight. Thank you.