Kamala Harris’ Pandering to Progressives Undercuts Her Presidential Bid

Kamala Harris’ Pandering to Progressives Undercuts Her Presidential Bid

Kamala Harris is attempting to be everything to everybody as she struggles to distinguish herself among the two dozen Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination.

May 22, 2019
Kamala Harris’ Pandering to Progressives Undercuts Her Presidential Bid

Kamala Harris is attempting to be everything to everybody as she struggles to distinguish herself among the two dozen Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination. In an attempt to appease the far-left base, Harris has attached her name to many progressive policy proposals.

National Journal: “Supporting Medicare-for-all legislation that would all but eliminate private health insurance? Check. Decriminalize sex work? On it. Reparations for the descendants of slaves? Let’s study it. Criticize Rep. Ilhan Omar for invoking anti-Semitic tropes that even the Democratic party leadership condemned? Hard pass. Voting rights for the Boston bomber? Let’s talk about it, at least before backtracking the next day.”

However, by not wanting to anger left-wing activists, she is also stuck straddling the fence on a handful of issues. Harris’ openness to extreme ideas makes her appear “indecisive or unwilling to take a controversial stand.” Even one of her top South Carolina supporters, Bakari Sellers, has criticized her for being “too cautious.

Harris often deflects answering questions on tough issues with her go to phrase of “let’s have a conversation.

VIDEO: Kamala Harris Really Wants to Have a Conversation

As a result of this strategy Harris has undermined her own campaign. She is now stuck in the middle of the primary pack unable to define her own candidacy and differentiate her record from the rest of the field.