After fiery debate, Harris and Trump camps wrangle over a second one

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : A person who was in the room with Trump campaign aides Tuesday said the "vibes were night-and-day different from Atlanta," describing the mood as "subdued and quiet."As Trump entered the spin room afterward, Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), a close friend of Harris', laughed.
56% : Harris then shifted her preparation to focus on two-minute answers containing what one person involved called "Easter eggs" designed to rattle Trump.
52% : After the debate, spokesman Brian Hughes said that Trump was interested in debating again and was open to a rematch hosted by NBC later this month.
48% : Republicans, meanwhile, were contending Wednesday with a sense that the night did not go well for Trump, even as he insisted publicly that it had been a triumph.
47% : Trump wrote Wednesday afternoon on his Truth Social platform.
47% : While some of Harris' lines goading Trump on Tuesday night were rehearsed, she improvised several key moments, according to one campaign official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential matters.
47% : "Hours later, during an appearance in Shanksville, Pa., Trump expressed openness to a rematch, including on NBC or Fox.
47% : Privately, people close to Trump conceded that his performance left something to be desired, especially when he was distracted by such issues as the crowd sizes at his rallies.
41% : "Absolutely, they want to make it about Trump.
34% : "When you win the debate, I don't know that I want to do another debate," Trump told "Fox & Friends.
29% : "In a sign of how the candidates were processing the aftermath of the debate, Harris largely stayed quiet as she marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, while Trump -who also attended 9/11 memorial observances -- aired his grievances about the moderators and suggested Harris wanted a do-over only because she had performed so poorly.
29% : Every Poll has us WINNING, in one case, 92-8, so why would I do a Rematch?"But polls largely show Trump lost the debate.
26% : But another person close to the campaign, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said they hoped Trump would not agree to a second debate unless it was hosted by Fox News, reflecting Republican complaints that ABC News had been unfair to their nominee by fact-checking his assertions on several occasions.
26% : Still, this person predicted that Trump would accept another debate in the end.
24% : But by Wednesday morning, Trump was signaling he was against it.
23% : Alex Conant, a GOP strategist, said that Tuesday's debate was "at best a missed opportunity, potentially much worse" for Trump, pointing specifically to the former president's false claim that migrants were eating people's dogs and cats in small-town America.
18% : The strategy paid off when Trump became agitated as Harris needled him over such matters as the inheritance he received from his father, the ostensible "exhaustion and boredom" of his rally attendees and his legal problems.
17% : Trump showed up in the spin room after the debate, which he did not do following his successful debate against President Joe Biden in Atlanta.
15% : Harris was preparing for those exchanges until it became clear that Trump would not move away from the terms established by the Biden campaign, providing for the mics to be turned off when it was not a candidate's allotted time to speak.
14% : Most voters have long since made up their minds about Trump, while polls suggest many Americans do not have a clear idea of what Harris stands for.

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