The fact that the race is essentially tied in the polls in less than a week of it being Harris vs. Trump should be really alarming for the Trump campaign. Harris is likely to get boosts from her VP pick, the DNC, and just in general as she gets out on the campaign Trail with her message of Hope, optimism, and moving forward not backward- the size and significance of those boosts will remain to be seen. Trump, meanwhile, has likely hit his ceiling. In a week’s time we have essentially gone from Trump’s team thinking about what color drapes they want in the Oval to being in a dogfight where the Harris campaign is on the offensive with all the momentum and the Trump campaign is playing defense and reeling. Obviously things will ebb and flow over the next couple of months, and there will be good days and bad days for both campaigns, but the fact that it has become immediately tied in less than a week does not bode well for Team Red.