WFB: No Democrat running for president has had a better 2019 than Kamala Harris. The numbers tell the tale. The California senator was in the low single digits in polls conducted before her official launch on January 28. She is now in the low double digits, running third behind Joe Biden, who enjoys cosmic name recognition, and Bernie Sanders, whose devoted supporters brought him a second-place finish last time. But polls do not tell the whole story.
Harris raised $1.5 million in the day after declaring her candidacy. That number, impressive for a senator not even a third of the way through her first term, has been bested only by Sanders, a socialist who has a venture capitalist’s talent for raising money. He brought in $5.9 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign. Harris, however, has something Sanders does not.
She is a fresh face of middle age (54 years) and of diverse background (her father is Jamaican, her mother Indian) whose chief rivals at the moment are two geriatric white men. As Democrats search for someone new to lead them against President Trump, Harris has distinguished herself from the field. Her CNN town hall drew record ratings, while Amy Klobuchar’s flopped. And Harris leads the 2020 Democrats in social media interactions, according to an Axios/Newswhip study. She’s had a good launch. But there’s a caveat.
David Axelrod has described presidential campaigns as MRIs for the soul. He means that a candidate is subjected to pressures strong enough to reveal his or her true character. What voters get at the end of the process is a fuller picture of the men and women they choose to inhabit the White House. In these early weeks of what is certain to be a seemingly endless and certainly vitriolic campaign, Harris has demonstrated both strengths and weaknesses. Her strength is that she seems a perfect fit for the current shape of the Democratic Party. Her weakness is a blithe and insouciant manner that is sure to cause her trouble. In fact it already has. Consider three recent slipups.
The first took place during that CNN special. An audience member asked Senator Harris for her “solution to ensure that people have access to quality health care at an affordable price,” and “does that solution involve cutting insurance companies as we know them out of the equation?” You bet it does, was Harris’s answer. “We need to have Medicare For All. That’s just the bottom line.” Following up, Jake Tapper mentioned that Harris has co-sponsored a bill that would end employer-based insurance, which covers some 180 million Americans. “So,” Tapper asked, “for people out there who like their insurance, they don’t get to keep it?”
Harris seemed not to understand the magnitude of the change she supports. She mentioned the “process of going through an insurance company,” how “going through all of that paperwork” has caused delays and headaches for many. “Let’s eliminate all of that,” she said. “Let’s move on.”
Actually, let’s stay still for now, and ask the following questions.
I’m curious if Kamala is Jussie’s aunt. Seems like some people are trying to make the connection.
One more question for Harris– “Are you familiar with Article 2 Sec. 1 of the Constitution Ms. Harris?” (No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;….)
She ain’t even CLOSE!!
By the end of 2019 the entire country will be tired of her phony laugh and cackle.
Another Affirmative Action loser who’s in way over her head. If playing field was level she would never have been admitted to a Community College. Owes her success to Brown’s Willy. Pathetic.
She’s creepy and she’s scummy.
But damn, she sucks a mean schlong.
“David Axelrod has described presidential campaigns as MRIs for the soul. He means that a candidate is subjected to pressures strong enough to reveal his or her true character.”
I hope that Minnesota voters are finally learning what a phony Amy Klobuchar is.
Yeah let’s move onto the communist/socialist/fascist death panels saying only the socialist in good standing (a.k.a., those on the Demoncrat plantation) are fully and automatically qualified for health care. Everyone else has to file a lengthy claim to receive health care to the Demoncrat bureaucracy and will never receive any health care.
Her stunt with Smollett has spawned great business initiatives!
https://twitter.com/V_actually/status/1098931531702255616
Having a whore in politics isn’t new.
Several people have slept their way to the top. Kamala has.
But to win the Presidency she should concentrate on not screwing the many to placate the few.
But, alas that is her constituency, the progressive/socialist users, abusers and losers.
“She’s had a good launch. But there’s a caveat….”
…actually, there’s TWO caveats. The SECOND, and unstated, one is that Hillary doesn’t hoof into the race this time. If she DOES, Kamel may become suddenly suicidal for…some…reason….
I’m waiting for the first candidate to acknowledge that members of congress, and their staff, have their own system of healthcare insurance that they do not even pay for themselves. When are they going to state that will be abolished? They’re all hypocrites, working the two tiers of equality for their own benefit alone.
she is an anchor baby who grew up in canada.
She has “people” in the right places:
“…The politician has only one younger sister and her name is Maya Harris who is a political analyst at MSNBC. She is married to a former U.S Justice Department senior official and General Counsel of Uber. They have one daughter.” https://www.skinnyscoop.com/kamala-harris-children-husband-parents/
Maya Harris was also “…the woman who’s guiding Hillary Clinton’s stance on police reforms” from a 2015 Fortune article http://fortune.com/2015/06/03/maya-harris-hillary-clinton/
Hey! Who sucked all the chrome off my trailer hitch?