Kamala Harris and the Tea Party: What do we learn from her conversations with Donald Trump? A phenomenological perspective on fracking in the 21st century
It might be interesting for reporters to know how Harris changed her stance when she ran for the Democratic nomination and now as the nominee. But it is not at all clear to me that it is interesting to viewers, who may be less concerned with how she deals with the question and more concerned with the actual substance of what she wants to do as president. A question about the photograph but not the view of the presidency are more valuable than a question about Harris, who has spent almost four years as vice president.
INSKEEP: Some of the policy changes were worked on with Dana Bash. She said she would ban fracking if she were elected president. She claimed she had changed her mind after 2020 when she decided to ban it, but she’s always been in favor of it. The stakes were raised by the Republicans who had criticized Harris for avoiding interviews up to now.
MARTIN: And I want to mention here that you’ve also interviewed Kamala Harris a number of times, and you’ve been covering her. What was your major takeaway?
KHALID: Well, she critiqued his time in office and said that he mismanaged the COVID crisis. But when she was asked to respond to disparaging comments about her racial identity, she brushed off the question, saying, quote, “Same old tired playbook. Next question, please. You know, it strikes me that in this race to define her, she does not want to play on Trump’s terms. She and Trump have never actually met in person. One of the most important moments of the truncated campaign will be when they meet on the debate stage September 10 and see how they respond to questions in front of them and to one another.
VICE PPRESIDENT KAMAALA HARISANSWEED QUESTIONS ON THE CNNNN ABOUT YOUR POLICY VIEWS
HARRIS: What we have done to improve the supply chain so we’re not relying on foreign governments to supply American families with their basic needs – I’ll say that that’s good work. There’s more to do, but that’s good work.
He is Khalid. Not a lot. I mean, she was asked to spell out about what she would do on Day 1 as president, and she talked in vague terms about strengthening the middle class. She doesn’t need detailed policy proposals to be central to how she’s campaigning. She talks about herself as being a new way forward and turning the page on an era of negative politics that has dominated our culture this last decade.
I believe that the true measure of a leader’s strength is based on how you beat them down, rather than who you beat up, which is a suggestion warped by me.
The NPR Interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz: A Key Account of the Campaign Controversy, Public Awareness, and Candidates’ Theories of the Office
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If the goal of the CNN interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was to relitigate the campaign controversies of the last month — to get the candidates to talk about the major narratives of the election so far — then it was a rousing success. Harris easily dispatched questions about her identity and gave a strong defense of President Biden’s record. Walz, likewise, made short work of the charge that he had misled the public when he spoke about using one fertility treatment when it was actually another, similar treatment.
Speaking for myself, I am less interested in hearing candidates navigate controversies or speak to narratives than I am in hearing them talk, for lack of a better term, about their theory of the office. How does a candidate for president conceptualize the presidency? What would be the priority of her time in office, and how will she handle crises that may or may not require her attention? How does she imagine her relationship with Congress and how would she try to achieve her goals in the face of an opposition legislature? What value does she place on communication with the public and how does she view the bully pulpit? Are there presidents she most admires — and why? Are there presidential accomplishments that stand out and how so? What are the worst mistakes a president can make? Why do you want to work for this company?
