I read some of that article, and then some of another article linked ( https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/09/kamala-harris-2020-president-profile-san-francisco-elite-227611/ )
It was all about how she hung around with the high society types and that’s how she got her start.
And I realized: she hobmobbed with those people at parties... everyone was under some sort of influence... and so she learned she didn’t really need to say anything, she just had to impress a bunch of whacked-out partners!
SHe seems to think that will continue to work. And the sad thing is she might be right.
Partners is supposed to be partiers.