Hello and welcome back to The Best & The Brightest, I’m Abby Livingston, helming your daily dispatch from the Swamp and from the shores of Lake Michigan, where my colleagues John Heilemann and TaraPalmeri are on the ground reporting from the Republican National Convention.

In tonight’s issue, fresh reporting on the aftershocks around the Hill after Adam Schiff called for Joe Biden to step down earlier today. Plus John’s notes from an invitation-only session with the Trump campaign’s polling poobah, and highlights from the breakdown of the J.D. Vance pick on yesterday’s Impolitic podcast featuring Tim Miller and Stuart Stevens. Lastly, if you weren’t able to attend Peter Hamby’s recent panel in D.C. on the outsize impact of women voters over the age of 50—part of AARP’s “She’s the Difference” series—you can read the transcript of their fascinating conversation here.

🚨 Also, in case you missed Tara’s newsy interview with the Trump campaign’s political director James Blair, I wanted to flag perhaps the most remarkable moment from their conversation at the R.N.C. Yes, Blair claims the campaign is ready for...