Not Fully Planned
Vice President Kamala Harris is getting a lot of flack, including from fellow Democrats, for not having policy positions set, articulated on the stump, and posted online.
And while President Joe Biden still has a handprint in his back from those within his own party pushing him out of the way, Harris still deserves a little bit of slack—even if she was involved in the coup that tossed Biden to the sidelines.
It would have been highly presumptuous for her to have staked out positions different from the Biden-Harris Administration so long as the campaign was Biden-Harris. The change in nominee happened so suddenly, it was impossible for a seamless transition to have taken place. For those who think “the fix was in,” I agree…but too much too soon would have looked too suspicious.
Granted, it should have been easy to taken the articulated Biden-Harris positions…or better, points of action…and started with those as the foundation, tweaking whatever ones the new nominee wanted. But they’re running out of grace time, even for those who would give her some slack.
That’s also likely why she’s not doing interviews yet…she’s not yet comfortable articulating what the campaign stands for. Again, if that lasts too much longer, she’ll seem like a candidate who wants a title, but has no idea what to do with the power.
Given how this has all played out, that had better be a stemwinder of an acceptance speech at the convention in eight days, full of specifics separating the two major party candidates on issues, not just personalities and one-liners.
Because since it hasn’t happened yet…if not then…when?
