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Why Kamala Harris Hasn’t Caught Fire in the Democratic 2020 Race
Mercury News ^ | September 3, 2019 | Sahil Kapur

Posted on 09/03/2019 12:52:15 PM PDT by tom h

Kamala Harris entered the presidential race with impressive credentials -- a popular black woman with an inspiring story who hailed from a large Democratic state and drew accolades for her fiery questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Yet despite a shot of adrenaline after confronting front-runner Joe Biden in the first debate, she has failed to catch fire with Democratic voters who are torn between a nostalgic fondness for Biden and a revolutionary desire for Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

Harris’s attempt to replicate her feat in the second debate backfired among Democrats who say she went too negative on Biden. The Californian also suffers from a perception that she lacks a deep ideological well to guide her policy ideas, in contrast to her three main rivals who are better-defined. And her past as a prosecutor has earned her supporters and detractors ...

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: 2020; california; cmoniwannalayaharris; dicklessmorris; dickmorris; hawaii; horizontalharris; hotlipsharris; india; isshealegalcandidate; jamaica; kamalaharris; notnaturalborn; notqualified; sleepingherway2top; tulsigabbard; williebrownsharlot; williebrownswhore
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To: tom h
Kamala Harris entered the presidential race with impressive credentials -- a popular black woman with an inspiring story...

Three lies in the first line. May be a new record. :)

21 posted on 09/03/2019 1:01:37 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: rlmorel

Yep. Much like Gillibrand, Harris comes across as a fake, ambitious and ruthless. Unlikable. The Donald is likable.

Being Willie’s mistress didn’t help.


22 posted on 09/03/2019 1:03:48 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: tom h

Kamala Harris is neither a true American black nor particularly popular, and her “hotness” is that of a jalepeno pepper, acceptable only in small doses, and vastly overpowering on continued exposure.

She is not even particularly American, either, daughter of immigrants and raised in Canada.


23 posted on 09/03/2019 1:03:59 PM PDT by alloysteel (Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
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To: tom h

Two words: Tulsi Gabbard!


24 posted on 09/03/2019 1:04:04 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: tom h

I’m sure the “Mercury News” knows that Kamala did the horizontal bop with Willie Brown to get on his “staff.”

5.56mm


25 posted on 09/03/2019 1:04:19 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: tom h

Could it be that she is a Whore from Willie Brown until whoever could get her votes?


26 posted on 09/03/2019 1:05:12 PM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: tom h

She’s the Obama Democrat establishment candidate. Biden is the other, the back up.

Her failure, because she is annoying and unlikable, among a lot of other reasons, may cause them to pull Michelle Obama out of mothballs and run her.


27 posted on 09/03/2019 1:05:19 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: tom h

I actually wished she would “catch fire”..


28 posted on 09/03/2019 1:06:04 PM PDT by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy it. I hope every lib die.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Sounds kinda like a fellow 12 years ago ... Barack Hussein Obama. All he had was a nice voice and dark skin.

Hopefully the country has learned its lesson.


29 posted on 09/03/2019 1:06:07 PM PDT by tom h
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To: tom h

Why Kamala Harris Hasn’t Caught Fire in the Democratic 2020 Race

No one to sleep with to advance her up the latter?


30 posted on 09/03/2019 1:06:08 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: BenLurkin

“Because she doesnt hide that she is a communist.”

True enough but funny because the Democrat base thinks she’s conservative Wall Street establishment tool of the cops.

They don’t think she’s commie enough.


31 posted on 09/03/2019 1:07:35 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: tom h

You can’t light green wood..................


32 posted on 09/03/2019 1:07:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Patriot Babe

I must be slow ... please make it clear for we mere mortals.


33 posted on 09/03/2019 1:08:03 PM PDT by tom h
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To: tom h

Nasty bitch and over-played race card on ol Joe. Even some democrats hate the race crap. Harris would be destroyed by Trump mainly due to a lack of moderate independent support. She would be lucky to get 10% of the Rep vote and 30% of the Ind vote. Many rats know this.


34 posted on 09/03/2019 1:08:59 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: 43north

“...Black woman? White Jamaican and East Indian they mean. Inspiring story? Sleeping your way up the ladder is still inspiring?...”
First off, the “heels-up, knees-wide” KamalToe is ineligible to begin with.
She hasn’t caught “fire” because wet stuff doesn’t burn very well and “Willie’s Mattress” is all wet.


35 posted on 09/03/2019 1:09:08 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: BenLurkin
"The Democrat Party has a succesful track record of fooling voters into thinking it is not out to destroy America."

It sure helps when the mainstream media goes student body left along with the candidate, like it did for BHO for two election cycles.

36 posted on 09/03/2019 1:09:48 PM PDT by tom h
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To: Patriot Babe

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Not really worth laughing about.

We’ve often ridden that tub to Santa Cruz island for hiking, and always thought it strange that there was no stowage marked for life jackets.

The owner and skipper need to go up for murder!
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37 posted on 09/03/2019 1:12:17 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tom h

Because of Obama, no Black person will be elected for a generation.

America, because of “white guilt”, because of slavery, voted for Obama, the first “Black” president. They were not happy with the results.

They have assuaged their guilt and won’t vote for another Black president for quite awhile.


38 posted on 09/03/2019 1:15:15 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: tom h

I think Harris and Mayor Pete should do a blind taste test. Sort of like the Pepsi Challenge, but more interesting...


39 posted on 09/03/2019 1:16:10 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Vigilanteman

And less milage on her cylinder


40 posted on 09/03/2019 1:16:35 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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