Who s Afraid of Kamala Harris? – WSJ

We figured Republicans would try to make an issue of Kamala Harris s fitness to be President, but who thought the Vice President would become central to the strategy to keep President Biden in the race?

That seems to be a big part of the emerging Team Biden game plan to stem the Democratic panic about having Mr. Biden at the top of the ticket in November. The theme: Go with Joe or you ll get Kamala.

News reports this week say a Biden aide told donors their money would go to Ms. Harris if Mr. Biden dropped out. This was meant as a threat, not a promise.

Various Democrats are also popping up in the press noting that much of the party s base would revolt if Ms. Harris were denied the nomination. The suggestion is that the party base thinks the first woman of color on a national ticket has a birthright to move up to the top job, as opposed to the party choosing a candidate more likely to win.

via www.wsj.com

I do not see VP Harris as being a very tenable candidate. But what do I know? She does in many ways reflect the current state of the Democratic Party. So there’s that.