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mystery-ak:
February 6, 2023
NY Times signals Kamala that her White House ambitions are hopeless
By Thomas Lifson

In the old days of the USSR, Kremlinologists used to figure out who was in and who was out in the power struggles at the top by looking at the reviewing stand for the May Day military parades. Proximity to the leader was the criterion. With today’s Democrats, an equally shadowy gaggle of power-hungry operatives controlled by hidden hands, we must rely on signals coming from a few semi-official media organs, but preeminently the New York Times.

That’s why a major article in the big circulation Sunday edition of the Times on Kamala Harris is so interesting.

After an introduction with some sympathy for the vice president, feigning balance, came this slap in the face from “dozens” of anonymous party sources “including some who helped put her on the party’s 2020 ticket”:

     But the painful reality for Ms. Harris is that in private conversations over the last few months, dozens of Democrats in the White House, on Capitol Hill and around the nation — including some who helped put her on the party’s 2020 ticket — said she had not risen to the challenge of proving herself as a future leader of the party, much less the country. Even some Democrats whom her own advisers referred reporters to for supportive quotes confided privately that they had lost hope in her.


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mountaineer:
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--- Quote ---Kamala Harris doesn’t even understand why she is unpopular
by Quin Hillyer, Commentary Writer |
February 06, 2023 03:23 PM

To read Monday’s New York Times story on the political struggles of Vice President Kamala Harris is to see that neither Harris nor the establishment media have a clue about why she is unpopular.

The article defines the problem this way: “The painful reality for Ms. Harris is that in private conversations over the last few months, dozens of Democrats in the White House, on Capitol Hill and around the nation … said she had not risen to the challenge of proving herself as a future leader of the party, much less the country.”

With President Joe Biden being so old, the article explained, the public wants reassurance that the vice president can handle the top job if something happens to Biden. Yet her approval rating of just 39% trails even Biden’s anemic 42% approval rate. In sum, she further drags down an already weak ticket.

As the article continues, though, it becomes evident that neither Democratic insiders nor the journalists who cover them understand the nature of her problem. Numerous paragraphs lament “the unique dynamics of being a woman of color in a job previously filled only by men,” as if that is a major source of her difficulties. Oh, and the poor thing is also only 5 feet, 2 inches tall, which makes it hard to project leadership and means that office chairs need to be adjusted downward. (The horror!) ...

Harris’s problem isn’t that she’s too substantive. Her problems are that she’s usually not substantive at all, but when she is, her substance is god-awful.   ...
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Washington Examiner
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Kamaji:

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Yup.

Lando Lincoln:
But, but… she likes Venn diagrams. She really likes ‘em.

mountaineer:
More Democrats leery about VP Kamala Harris: ‘Can’t think of one thing she’s done’
By Mark Moore   
February 6, 2023 3:55pm
New York Post
--- Quote ---Even Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporters fear she hasn’t been able to define her leadership credentials as the 2024 election looms amid questions about President Biden’s age and ability to serve, with one Democrat remarking, “I can’t think of one thing she’s done,” according to a new report.

Harris made history in 2020 when she was elected the first black and first Asian American vice president, but has struggled while in office with frequent staff turnover — coupled with reports of a toxic office environment — along with frequent gaffes and “word salad” statements, and criticism of her work as the administration’s “border czar.”

As a result, some Democrats say that even in a historically low-profile office, Harris has failed to carve out a niche for herself, the New York Times reported.

The concerns have become more focused and the criticism more pointed as the 80-year-old Biden gears up for a re-election campaign — with the paper reporting that even Democrats to whom Harris’ advisers referred reporters for complimentary quotes are expressing exasperation. ...
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She's accomplished absolutely nothing of value in any of the elective offices she's held.

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