It’s Still the Economy (and the Border and World Chaos), Stupid!
Adam Turner
The New York Times is confused about Tuesday night’s debate. They ran an article titled “Pundits Said Harris won the debate. Undecided voters weren’t so sure.” Other members of our political elite are also surprised.
Because I am such a nice guy, let me help them to clear up their confusion. I will be building on the columns of my colleagues Bob Hoge and Nick Arama, who have tackled this subject well.
In Tuesday night’s debate, everyone was, on the surface, impressed with Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance. Despite her reputation for being a lightweight who was too lazy and entitled to prepare for her job or her campaigns, Harris had clearly buckled down for the debate and appeared rather poised and fluent with the issues. There were none of her usual word salads, blank looks, or nervous laughter (although once she did get close).
However, while Harris was much better than anyone had ever seen her before, she still managed to say nothing while looking good. The political elite loved that, because they always compare and desire that every candidate follow in the footsteps of Bill Clinton, who could talk anyone’s ear off and impress them about absolutely nothing in particular. The political elite believes that the common folk are rubes, who are easily tricked into supporting candidates by flowery words. Further, when Harris did say something substantial in this debate, it was on an issue that the swing voters couldn’t care less about – abortion and climate change – or she made her case with frequent lies or omissions about the important issues – the border surge; she didn’t do that, but Donald Trump did! – that were very noticeable.
Now, let’s jump to Donald Trump.
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