Maybe you're right, but I think she would benefit from separating herself somewhat more from Biden's policies and maybe some of the Biden team itself. You probably won't agree.
Maybe. Threading that needle is tricky.
I just see no benefit in saying anything specific about specific Cabinet members.
"I'm going to have my own Cabinet, with people I want there" is about all she should do (and is what she has done, if I recall).
There will be a fair amount of stability, especially if the GOP keeps the Senate, just due to the political reality.
I expect her national security people are the ones most likely to change (she seems to have more difference of opinion there and those are also usually easier to confirm).
But I don't think nearly enough people give a flying fuck about Mayorkas that a toothless announcement would benefit her at all only weeks out.
When I mention pragmatism, I mean she doesn't have to stick to the agenda of her predecessor or even the general Democratic platform.
This is all Presidents ever, though.
They never just stick to the agenda of their predecessor (in the few cases where we've had a VP follow a President they served under) and while the official platform is a general guideline of where they go it has never been some kind of contract they don't deviate from.
My opinion is that early on they nibbled around the edges of distancing herself from Biden and her recent past record. Her campaign now seems more than ever determined to campaign on Trump's negatives than Harris' own platform. (There has been some recent commentary that has questioned overreliance on this strategy.)
You can always question strategy.
But first establishing herself as her own person and then in the end focusing on the Trump threat (especially as he makes his threats more explicit) doesn't seem crazy.
It probably has a lot to do with who needs to be convinced at what time.
Is it the right play? Who knows. These things are always somewhat opaque and the fact remains that people are motivated in multiple ways so I suspect no one has as much support for their pet view of how this all works as they claim to have.
With Harris, I don't see a candidate with a strong sense of self. Rather I see a candidate who appears to be managed. Now if those managers come with the baggage of defending the Biden Administration, you can see the problem. This is just me thinking out loud and it is sure to cause dissent here. A few days after the election, we can have a healthier conversation. I see a lot of anxiety and tension from both sides coming out on social media.
That is the opinion the GOP has tried to foster in people and it has clearly worked on you.
And yes, conversations post-election are different than pre-election.
Seventeen days out from an election, people are only going to talk about the only thing that actually matters - given the two choices available, what are you going to choose?
PS- I don't think the GOP really had to "drum" up a whole lot on Mayorkas. I don't think he has been an effective spokesman for the Administration. Now he might be trapped by the Administration's internal objectives, but I think that's my point about Harris changing direction no matter how superficial or fair it is.
Did you miss the entire "impeach Mayorkas" bullshit?
