Posted on 01/11/2019 8:19:21 PM PST by Impala64ssa
‘Why would you want to be president?’
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has not yet announced a bid for the White House, but on Friday the California senator faced a line of inquiry from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough that he credits with dooming the presidential campaign of former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Speaking on "Morning Joe," Harris was asked by the co-host why she wants to be president — the same question that some historians point to as the end of Kennedy's ill-fated 1980 campaign for the White House.
"I want to ask you the Roger Mudd question that he asked to Ted Kennedy, that Ted Kennedy couldn't answer and really doomed his presidency from day one," Scarborough began. "And that is: Why would you want to be president?"
Harris responded by saying the country is looking for vision and leadership.
"Because I believe our country wants and needs leadership that provides a vision of the future of our country in which everyone can see themselves," Harris told Scarborough.
"So let's start from that, and then think about what we need to do to speak to all of the people of our country, to ensure that we see them, to understand we don't need to accept false choices in terms of how we approach public policy," she added. "I'm a career prosecutor. I've spent my entire life, almost, focused on public safety."
"We can do that and also focus on issues like what we need to do to build a healthy economy," Harris said.
A local California radio station reported this week that the senator is planning to announce whether she will enter the presidential primary race on or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Harris told CNN's Jake Tapper this week that a decision on a run was coming "soon."
"We have to give the American people more credit, and we have to understand that the American public and the people of our country are smart people who will make decisions about who will be their leader based on who they believe is capable, who they believe has an honest desire to lead, to represent, to see them, to be a voice for them even if they have no power," Harris told CNN this week.
If she declares, Harris would emerge as a possible front-runner in the Democratic primary alongside Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D), who announced her own exploratory committee for president earlier in January.
The Democratic primary field is expected to be the most crowded in the party's history, with a few dozen hopefuls rumored to be considering a run.
Yeah. That stopped obama cold in his tracks!
As long as she lives she will be jonesin' for just one more hit of that most addictive of all drugs, raw power.
Huh? She was born in Oakland as far as I know. Do you know otherwise?
Have at it!
Her answer reminded me of kids in school who’d write “very very very” in a 500 word essay.
She couldn't even come up with her own major accomplishment while at the State Department, except for that gobbledygook.
Yes, and for all of those who second-guess their support for Trump, we dodged a major bullet by his defeat of Her Liarness.
Just amazing that so many folks think Hillary should command, lead our country. I’m speechless.
I’m sure she was given several days — if not weeks — to come up with a non-embarrassing answer.
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Exactly. This article and the interview were all scripted as part of her campaign.
Good translation, Yaelle. Still relying on the race card. She’s going nowhere.
I guess Roger Mudd never heard of Chappaquidick.
who will finally decide that issue?
Rhetoric
Neither one of her parents were US citizens at the time of her birth and/or had lived in the US for 5 years preceding her birth.
What “career prosecutor” knows ANYTHING about the ECONOMY of this country??? She has NEVER signed the FRONT of ANYONE’s PAYCHECK!
Sheesh...what was with the tilted head syndrome?
She doesnt believe in due process. She should be hounded on that on every public appearance.
El Rushbo calls it “psycho-babble”, and that pretty well describes it.
“She is not a natural citizen of the United States”
Not this shite again.
Her Jamaican father was here illegally. She is an anchor baby, therefor not even an American citizen. She should be deported to Jamaica.
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