I think the most significant poll over the weekend was the CBS Ohio poll, which shows Clinton growing her lead there over the previous CBS poll there. But it also shows Portman leading by a relatively wide margin in the senate race. Looking into the numbers, there's a sizeable chunk of independents who selected Portman/Clinton. Both Portman and Clinton are increasing their leads over their respective opponents.
This is clearly at least partially the repercussions of Trump getting into a spat with Portman and Kasich during the convention. But now Portman has little motivation in helping Trump out, since he's successfully uncoupled himself from Trump. Trump needs to appeal to those people who sided with Portman and Kasich, without insulting those guys, but probably without their help, either.
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