Naturally, VP Harris will now be the victim of attacks, mischaracterizations, and all that sort of thing. Here’s Erick Erickson, trying to keep the herd together:
Democrats publicly say that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. Privately, many Democrat politicians do not believe it. Privately, many of them see Kamala Harris as a weak candidate and a threat to their own ambitions. If Harris were to win in 2024, she’d be the incumbent running for re-election in 2028. That would put Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, and plenty of others far out of office and out of the spotlight by the time 2032 rolls around.
Do you really think they want Harris to win? Really?
First, she’s weak or she’s a threat, but both is deeply unlikely.
Harris is also a deeply flawed candidate. Here’s the New York Times from 2020. …
In October 2023, Harris tried her fourth reboot as Vice President. But by then, the New York Times noted that Democrats were beginning to question whether Harris should be replaced. Yes, less than a year ago, Democrats were speculating that Biden should oust Harris. …
On the one-year anniversary of her tenure as Vice President, the BBC ran a story titled, “Kamala Harris one year: Where did it go wrong for her?”
Politico declared, “There is dysfunction inside the VP’s office, aides and administration officials say. And it’s emanating from the top.”
But Erickson’s dealing in rumors, many from years and years ago. Again, Harris is either weak or dangerous, but she’s been receiving a master class in politicking from demonstrated master President Biden, and she’d already graduated into an advanced program through her years in the Senate.
Erickson wants us to believe Harris a weak, divisive candidate, and maybe he’s right. But right now, very early in the game, it all sounds like malicious rumor-mongering from someone who realizes his own master criminal Party leader is something of a joke.
And what will the electorate care about the internal workings of her campaign, anyways?
