“she was second in command to an unprecedentedly unliked Democrat president”
This comes up every time a current or former vice president runs for president, tying them to the failures or supposed failures of their boss. But the truth is, those were not their bosses; they were running mates. The VP is almost always an ambassador from another wing of the party and, pretty much for that reason, along with the prevelance of paranoia in the Oval Office, they are given almost nothing of importance or relevance to do.
There are plenty of things wrong with Harris to campaign on. You can certainly go after her for everything that has come out of her own mouth and for the way she accepted the back-room nomination, as the Democrats had every opportunity to throw open the convention and would have been, at least briefly, lauded for supporting democracy and would also, likely, have found a better candidate, even if they couldn’t control the process.
The only VPs I can think of who had power in their own right were Dick Cheney and, maybe, Walter Mondale. Everyone else were excess baggage, hoping to be more.
“she was second in command to an unprecedentedly unliked Democrat president”
This comes up every time a current or former vice president runs for president, tying them to the failures or supposed failures of their boss. But the truth is, those were not their bosses; they were running mates. The VP is almost always an ambassador from another wing of the party and, pretty much for that reason, along with the prevelance of paranoia in the Oval Office, they are given almost nothing of importance or relevance to do.
There are plenty of things wrong with Harris to campaign on. You can certainly go after her for everything that has come out of her own mouth and for the way she accepted the back-room nomination, as the Democrats had every opportunity to throw open the convention and would have been, at least briefly, lauded for supporting democracy and would also, likely, have found a better candidate, even if they couldn’t control the process.
The only VPs I can think of who had power in their own right were Dick Cheney and, maybe, Walter Mondale. Everyone else were excess baggage, hoping to be more.
Jon, I’m sure you’re completely correct, but it doesn’t matter. This is politics, not logic.