The Trump-Biden Debate Debate

Joe Biden’s Test • A Spoiler Candidate? • Unrealistic Mail Voting [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair]( The Trump-Biden Debate Debate Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Will Donald Trump and Joe Biden really square off next month? The campaigns are at odds over the schedule, as Team Trump proposes moderators, Tom Kludt [reports](. TV insiders remain optimistic. “Not only is Trump going to participate,” says Chuck Todd, “he’s going to ask for more.” On the debate stage, “all Joe has to do is to do okay,” Ed Rendell [tells]( Chris Smith, who finds other Biden backers suggesting a more aggressive strategy this fall. “The odds are looking good, and Trump is fucking insane,” says John Weaver, “but you need to keep the pressure on.” Thanks for reading! [“We’ll Find Out the Night They Have the Debate”: A Trump–Biden Face-Off Is Yet Another Uncertainty in a Turbulent Election Year]( By [Tom Kludt]( [The campaigns are at loggerheads over the debate schedule—as Team Trump proposes moderators. Bartiromo? Hewitt? Muir? Still, media insiders are optimistic. “Huge TV audiences,” said one. Trump’s “going to skip that?”]( [Read More]( [The Hive 1]( [“He’s Gotten Stronger as He’s Gone On”: Biden’s Low-Key Strategy Could Soon Be Put to the Test]( By [Chris Smith]( [Biden backers are divided over going on offense this fall. “All Joe has to do is to do okay,” Ed Rendell says of next month’s debate. “Trump is f--king insane,” says John Weaver, “but you need to keep the pressure on.”]( [Read More]( [The Hive 2]( [Biden Promises Not to Add Another Foot to Trump’s Flimsy “Wall”]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Still, the Democratic presidential candidate did not commit to tearing down the barriers Trump managed to erect, even as his border wall remains]( [Read More]( [The Hive 3]( [“I Really Like Kanye West”: Republicans Bank On a Spoiler Candidate to Save Trump]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [While it’s tempting to dismiss the rapper’s belated presidential campaign as yet another publicity stunt, prominent GOP operatives are now pushing his candidacy—presumably in hopes of siphoning votes from Joe Biden.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 4]( [Trump’s Attacks on Voting by Mail Are Out of Touch With Reality, Voters]( By [Eric Lutz]( [A new poll finds the majority of Americans support mail-in voting, even as the president tries delegitimizing the process and arguing that what’s democratic in Florida is a “coup” in Nevada.]( [Read More]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | Stay on top of the issues that matter now. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2020 Condé Nast