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Politics : The Heavily HEAVILY moderated Kamala Harris thread
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From: S. maltophilia8/12/2024 10:33:17 PM
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...So far, most Democrats are excited about Harris: A recent poll found that 79 percent of them support her as nominee. (She is also running better with independents than Biden was.) Harris’s continued success may depend on the extent to which she is able to convince voters that she is a principled pragmatist, rather than a weather vane. To a great extent, these are simply different ways to describe the same political choices—one positive, the other pejorative. Whether a politician is seen as pragmatic or craven tends to be determined, in good part, by their charisma. During the 2012 presidential race, Mitt Romney—who had vacillated on various issues over the years—came to be seen as lacking conviction. In 2008, however, Barack Obama’s lofty rhetoric and personal appeal allowed Democrats across the spectrum to see their politics reflected in him, enabling him to unite the party.

As I spoke with figures hailing from different parts of the Democratic continuum, I was struck by how many of them had high hopes for Harris—if not confidence that she was perfectly aligned with them, then a belief that she could be molded to fit their preferences. That echoes the approach taken by....

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