The last 30 days of the US Presidential Campaign played out like a Netflix series - written and performed in real time.
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This week on Now and Next:It's been a month to the day since Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Today, with 101 days until election day, there's been a seismic change in the poltical landscape.We're joined by David Shultz, professor of political science and US constitutional law at Hamline University, and John Wright, EVP at Maru Public Opinion.Where does this campaign sit right now?

• "We are exactly where we thought we would be four years ago. And the reason why I say that is that four years ago, as Joe Biden was getting the nomination for the Democratic party, he eventually said that he planned on being a transitional president, that he was a president that was going to be sort of a gateway to the future." - David Schultz

Does annointing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee hurt her chances?

• "I don't think the broader American public cares about that at all. What I'm finding in so much of the reporting in the last four days is what I call inside baseball. This is inside the Beltway Park stuff that Washington based reporters are squawking about. Go and ask people, do you care? No. What do you care about? The economy. I care about inflation, etc. etc. I think this is much to do about nothing." D.S.

Republicans are accusing the Dems of being "undemocratic" by annointing Harris.

• “By putting this up early and keeping this theme alive, it really does challenge the legitimacy of Kamala Harris to be not only the candidate but to end up being the president of the United States. I mean if they can get this narrative going even among their own base then it's she stole they stole it from us again.  It is about the legitimacy of her process. It is about the legitimacy of her being president and therefore it's in the Trump camp.” - John Wright

What should we be watching in the coming weeks?

• "Double haters. People who hate both Trump and Biden. They're roughly 20 % of the electorate and with Biden out now you've got 20 % of the electorate, at least in theory, that has to make a new evaluation in terms of where they're going to go. That's a pretty significant chunk of the electorate." D.S.
• "Whether it's 20 % or 15 %, (Harris is) getting a look and it's yet to be solidified. I think the initial polling that's being done shows that if you want someone in this race right now who "cares" u about health care and education and caring about the environment and things like that, you know which candidate gets the most points."