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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had many of the same thoughts. We kind of expect VPs to be less than optimal. I think the problem- at least my problem-- is that I bought the line that Kamala was going to be more of an asset to this administration.  I was saying things like, "well Biden might be basically dead but even more out of touch than a dead person, but at least we get Kamala out of this deal."  She's been a disappointment precisely because we had higher expectations for her vs other VPs. [/quote]

Interesting.  I can’t say I had high expectations for her from a results perspective (what results can a VP really deliver?).  I was really pumped about her selection because I thought she checked a lot of boxes, but was a little wet behind the ears and still too much the “smug attorney.”  I just wanted her to be a diplomat who made us proud by traveling the globe, shaking hands and kissing babies, and in the process building up her presidential bona fides.  I think they tried to give her projects that were, frankly, impossible (I think the border was her first task?  Ouch).  [b]She learned too late that scoffing and laughing are not a good look for the stage she’s now on, even though they worked for her before.  [/b]She can’t overcome both the republican smears (she’s a woman and she’s black: too easy a target) and her early missteps.[/quote]

Harris is following the progressive agenda playbook. Unite your side with political identity tropes and scoff at the other side. Don't worry about actual accomplishments, just hype. Biden's a moderate dem, not a progressive, so she's out there playing at this lunacy on her own.

I disagree that racism is the reason for her lack of popularity. Lots of dems just got turned off with the progressive bs the last couple of years. [/quote] She is more moderate than you think. She was a prosecutor after all. [/quote]

DP.  Being a prosecutor is not evidence of one’s political positions.  Some are conservative.  Some are progressive.  Some are moderate.  Some are politically-minded careerists buiding a resume.  Some are hacks.  Some are not. [/quote]

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