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I think that yes, she has. It’s never easy to replace your boss unless it’s a father-son transfer, because you can’t simultaneously satisfy the people who love him and the ones that don’t. And while Kamala Harris was good friends with Biden’s son Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, she has different priorities and life experiences. It’s hard to show gratitude to the person who gave you your biggest break when you also have to detail how you’ll be different, but she’s done a decent job at it.
No. Win or lose, Harris has never been able to answer any questions in a way that allows her to put some daylight between herself and the administration. At the same time, she desperately needs to be able to give herself some sort of authority, so she needs to act as though she’s the incumbent. Together, it’s a mess.
Turnout is the whole game. At press time, Republicans are running even or even slightly ahead of Democrats in early voting, which also means there is less likelihood of any overnight reversals in the results that bred suspicion in 2020.
We don’t know yet, but recent history suggests Harris has the advantage here.
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