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08/16/2016 07:57 AM EDT


By Heather Caygle (hcaygle@politico.com or @heatherscope)

KAINE: N.C. IS NOT FORGOTTEN-Hillary Clinton may have a nice lead in the polls here in North Carolina-the latest WSJ/NBC poll had her up 11 points-but that doesn't mean Democrats are going to check off the state and move on. Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is doing a mini-barnstorm through the battleground state yesterday and today, rallying with voters and squeezing in some retail politicking at a local BBQ joint and beer brewery. "We're here because North Carolina is really, really important this year," Kaine said to thunderous applause at a rally in Asheville Monday night. "I think Democrats are going to have a big, big win." More from yours truly:
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Kaine also touched on voting rights during the Asheville rally, a key theme in his stump speech lately. And it couldn't have been more timely. On Monday, North Carolina officials filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court asking the justices to reinstate key parts of the state's voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional last month. Josh Gerstein with more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc898bd1979c84bb2064bdde8ee470c17663cdd21886886ed7c8

Southern Summer night: Kaine went all in during the first leg of his North Carolina tour Monday, dining on barbecue, local beers and banana pudding pie before whipping out his harmonica and playing a little bluegrass with a local band while his wife clogged on the side of the stage. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc891ba763bf24b95eb9542c328befa3e054fcf1107fd5d2ac9b And a little video, if you're interested: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc8991cfdc7a0e9ee1f7512c4dc24a9846cf082ab1a4e286547f

DIRTY DCCC DISH- "Joe Garcia is a 'scandal plagued former Congressman.' Bob Poe mismanaged the Florida Democratic Party and was a serial philander. Susannah Randolph has a 'profane' Twitter feed in which she once re-tweeted a message calling Gov. Rick Scott 'a real Florida douchebag.' Don't blame Republicans for talking all this trash about these Florida Democratic congressional candidates. These hits were all contained in a series of background reports and strategy memos amassed by the [DCCC]," write Matt Dixon and Marc Caputo. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc89c5d9ae9db3962ff058d6bec7723faeb9e25e1111481f6171

THE NEW CHENEY BRAND-Liz Cheney, the former vice president's daughter, faces off in a crowded GOP primary today as candidates vie for Wyoming's only House seat. The Washington Post's Paul Kane on what Cheney, an unabashed Trump supporter, would bring to the family brand if elected: "The Cowboy State could send a national firebrand to Congress who would, if Trump continues his spiral and loses the White House, become a next-generation leader in her family's image."

"That the Cheneys have backed Trump surprises some longtime friends in Wyoming and creates tension among some donors," like former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, who don't support the GOP presidential nominee, Kane writes. "Her father quietly backs the GOP nominee, but he has kept an unusually low profile in his daughter's House race - rarely attending campaign events and saying little about Trump." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc8903f2a594b688f4338bb262531526e6431b24f9e08334966b

REMEMBER THAT TIME? The Alaska primary is also today. Remember six years ago when Sen. Lisa Murkowski lost her primary to a tea party challenger and went on to win the general election as a write-in candidate? Well, that isn't likely to happen this year.

"Murkowski is expected to easily win her Tuesday primary, setting her up for a general election with nominal Democratic opposition. Murkowski learned from that 2010 scare, and national Republicans say her more aggressive campaign this election cycle deterred would-be primary opponents," writes Roll Call's Simone Pathé. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc89bcfeb58f12608f8c1b5bc978e38ef144ba25142514c89284

THANKS FOR TUNING IN, Y'ALL. Welcome to Tuesday, August 16. You're reading POLITICO's Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill. Huddle is coming to you from the rolling pine-covered hills of North Carolina. Yours truly will be trailing Sen. Tim Kaine this week while our regular suburban dad beat reporter Burgess Everett is on vacation.

TODAY IN CONGRESS - Back in session countdown: 21 days

AROUND THE HILL- Sleepy staffers dreaming about their Labor Day beach vacation: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc8949c92da96c5bc8ac35ca7dca69c784971cbaa5a59680aa3f

MOVE THAT MONEY DOWN BALLOT, GOP LAWMAKERS SAY-- More Republicans are adding their names to the GOP letter calling on the RNC to shift funds away from Donald Trump's campaign and move those dollars down ballot. "Virginia Rep. Scott Rigell and Wisconsin Rep. Reid Ribble, both of whom are retiring, added their names to the request, along with former Reps. Bob Inglis, of South Carolina, and Jim Kolbe, of Arizona, said GOP operative Andrew Weinstein. Weinstein, who is coordinating the letter drive, said he now has 110 Republicans who have signed on," reports CNN's Dana Bash and Tom LoBianco. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc897d0849289f5f2d8dec8759da3ddb0df940f217493380e962

WE'RE OUTTA HERE-One Nation, the GOP fundraising group linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is feeling so good about how Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is doing in his race against Ted Strickland, it has canceled a $2.8 million advertising reservation, reports the Wall Street Journal's Michelle Hackman.

"One Nation, founded last year by Steven Law, Mr. McConnell's former chief of staff, raised $34 million from its founding in May 2015 to June. ...The race is the single most expensive Senate contest in the nation, according to the center for Responsive Politics, with the candidates, their parties and outside groups spending over $33 million to date, the majority of which was spent in favor of Mr. Portman." The story: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc895d86e6b2fa721ab0b61c1b04098abd9375d3314db928eed2

LET'S ALL ROW TOGETHER- Jeff Weaver, the man at the helm of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, "vowed Monday night during a conference call with DNC officials that Sanders was committed to traveling the country to campaign for Hillary Clinton and down-ballot Democratic candidates. 'This is not going to be an easy task and it's going to take all of us rowing together,' Jeff Weaver said," on the private call with top DNC officials, reports Daniel Strauss.

Makin' it rain: "Sanders' organization Our Revolution has raised nearly $300,000 for liberal Democratic down-ballot and congressional candidates," according to Weaver. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc893848e318ad483b6c94d01bab347499c326e12693b98bf3ba

TODAY IN YOLO REID-Retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has proven time and time again he'll say whatever he wants, especially now that he's heading into his last months in office. The target this time? Who else but Donald Trump. On Monday, ahead of Trump's call for immigrants to take a "ideological test" before entering the U.S., Reid challenged Trump to take the current citizenship test.

"He would almost certainly fail, given his general ignorance and weak grasp of basic facts about American history, principles and functioning of our government," Reid said in a press release. More from Talking Points Memo's Lauren Fox: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=8c0d38e7f701cc8993d072514c14a6697cba9478cf04e65f960b732ce23cec01

MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - James Casto was the first to answer that Gore Vidal, the author of the the novel "Burr," debated conservative columnist William F. Buckley.

TODAY'S TRIVIA - James with today's question: What former lawmaker published a four-volume history of his/her chamber and what was the title of the multi-volume work? (I want the full title!) The first person to correctly answer gets a shout-out in tomorrow's Huddle. Email me: hcaygle@politico.com

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