How Does Harris Help Biden?

Joe Biden has chosen his running mate. Before going any further I’m going to tell you first what you’re not going to hear in the next five minutes:

• You’re not going to hear name calling and automatic political branding such as – liberal democrat — bad. You can listen to Tucker Carlson of Fox News for that. Look, I enjoy Tucker Carlson too but he gets paid to do what he does and I get paid to do what I do.
• You’re not going to hear that Kamala Harris has recast the Democratic power structure for years to come, like CNN says. You also hear the same hyperbole after every Super Bowl, when an announcer declares that the team hoisting the Lombardi trophy is the NFL’s newest dynasty. And then the next year, the team doesn’t even make the playoffs. If Biden gets trounced in November, I predict Harris will not be the party’s presidential candidate in 2024.

What you will hear from me is what I know about Harris from personal observation of her in action in Washington DC.

• I will tell you how I think she can help Biden win in November.
• I will also tell you how I think she can help Biden lose in November.
• And finally, I will share my thoughts about how Biden and Harris are ideological twins when it comes to their policy on Israel.

First, I want to begin with me patting myself on my back. Four months ago, I wrote in the Rose Report published on May 13 that Biden would pick a senator as his running mate. My reasoning was Biden himself was a senator when Barack Obama chose him as his running mate in 2008. Biden served 36 years in the senate and knows and trusts the institution and those who work in it. Okay, even a broken clock is right twice a day, so I now return my hand to the front of me.

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