Monday, April 29, 2019

Kamala Harris can’t afford to be cagey about where she stands on the issues

. . . Harris: “I think we should have that conversation.”. . . Harris: “I think we should have that conversation.”. . . Harris: “I think we should have that conversation.”. . . 

LA Times




"Clarity, courage and candor. That’s what voters want from political candidates. Not circular claptrap.
"That’s especially true of candidates running in a crowded field of 20 for the Democratic nomination to take on President Trump next year. Voters are looking for differences. Everyone’s pounding on Trump. That’s no distinction.
"California Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s considered among the top tier of contenders, isn’t always performing up to speed. It’s not enough just to feed the voter base with red meat and focus group-certified talking points.
"Harris has long been afflicted with too much caution, as I’ve previously written.
"Prime examples were when she was state attorney general and a longtime opponent of the death penalty, but refused to take stands on ballot propositions in 2012 and 2016 that would have abolished capital punishment. They both failed narrowly. She also didn’t take positions on ballot measures to expedite the death penalty and loosen prison sentencing. They passed.
"Her lame excuse: It was the attorney general’s ministerial duty to write the official title and summary for ballot propositions. She didn’t want to appear biased. "Nonsense." . . .

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