Even the liberal New York Occasions is seemingly nervous that Kamala Harris isn’t match to take over for Joe Biden if wanted.
There are thousands and thousands of People who really feel this manner however in the event you’re a Democrat and the New York Occasions is saying this, it’s a fairly large drawback.
Is that this the liberal media’s approach of warning Harris that she can be pushed apart in 2024?
John Sexton writes at Hot Air:
NY Occasions Opinion: If one thing occurs to Biden, Kamala Harris isn’t able to take over
Writer Jeffrey Frank has written two biographies of American presidents, one about Harry S. Truman and one other concerning the relationship between Dwight D. Eisenhower and his Vice President Richard Nixon. He attracts on that data of historical past to argue that President Biden is doing a poor job getting ready VP Harris to succeed him.
From the New York Times piece:
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was a first-term senator from California earlier than getting into the White Home, hasn’t been given the kind of immersive experiences or sustained, high-profile duties that might deepen and broaden her experience in methods People might see and recognize. Within the trendy period, in fact, a 68-day journey for a vice chairman could be laughable.
However over the previous 18 months, her on-the-job coaching in governing has largely concerned intractable points like migration and voting rights the place she has not proven demonstrable progress in management and hit-or-miss journeys abroad just like the troubled foray in Central America a 12 months in the past and the extra profitable delegation to satisfy with the United Arab Emirates’ new president, main a group that included Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin…
People should know and see that they’ve a vice chairman who’s trusted by White Home and administration officers to take over, ought to something occur to the president.
As a substitute, we’ve got principally seen the other. She is hampered by Mr. Biden’s unpopularity, to make sure, however she has additionally not turn into the profitable public face on any main difficulty.
One of many different issues for Harris is that she has no strong base of help.
The Democrats voicing non-public issues say they’re nervous die-hard Kamala Harris loyalists — the form of advisers and strategists who follow their principal by the ups and downs — are nearly non-existent. https://t.co/pawSx7yirf
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2022
Biden won’t ever admit it, however she was a horrible alternative for VP.
Cross posted from American Lookout.
