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Democrats Start to Panic, Begin Comparing Kamala Harris to Hillary Clinton
RedState ^ | 11/05/2027 | Bonchie

Posted on 10/05/2024 10:21:46 AM PDT by Signalman

If you're running a political campaign, the one person you never want to be compared to is Hillary Clinton. The twice-failed presidential candidate went down in history after losing to Donald Trump in 2016, and plenty of speculation has revolved around whether her defeat was preventable. Most infamously, she never set foot in Wisconsin because she was confident the so-called "blue wall" states would hold.

Ultimately, they didn't, and Trump walked away with Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the entire election. Now, Democrats are beginning to panic, and the comparisons to Clinton are getting scarier by the minute.

Democratic operatives, including some of Kamala Harris’ own staffers, are growing increasingly concerned about her relatively light campaign schedule, which has her holding fewer events than Donald Trump and avoiding unscripted interactions with voters and the press almost entirely.

In interviews with POLITICO, nearly two dozen Democrats described Harris as running a do-no-harm, risk-averse approach to the race they fear could hamper her as the campaign enters its final 30-day stretch.

With early voting by mail and in person already underway in more than half of the country, Harris spent just three days of the last week of September in battleground states. On Sept. 28, when Trump gave a speech in Wisconsin before flying to Alabama for the Georgia-Alabama football game, Harris was attending a fundraiser in San Francisco. And beyond concerns about her schedule, Democrats argue that Harris would benefit from venues that allow her to introduce herself to voters in a more authentic way, such as town hall events, more sit-down interviews and unscripted exchanges with voters.

When Harris first entered the race, she bested Trump in the number of events held for the first month. That has completely turned around, with the former president barnstorming the country while the current vice president plays it safe. But is keeping her from interviews and town halls actually the safest path to victory in November?

That's what has Democrats panicking. They see Harris repeating a lot of the mistakes Clinton made, both in showing such overconfidence and in being so risk-averse. That is only exacerbated by the fact that the vice president only got into the race in late July. If anything, her schedule should be busier than a typical nominee because there's so much ground to make up in a limited amount of time.

But while Democrats want Harris to seem more "authentic" by doing sit-down interviews and unscripted exchanges, there's a big problem: She doesn't have the ability to do them.

That was illustrated perfectly on Friday after her teleprompter went out during a speech. Instead of showing some command of her policy platform, Harris melted down, cackling uncontrollably while rambling about how many days were left before the election.

She had no off-the-cuff material to go to. She had clearly not even read the speech beforehand. This is a woman who is incredibly lazy and incapable of doing anything but reading from a script provided to her by her handlers. More interviews would be disastrous for her.

Comparing Harris’ campaign to other recent Democratic presidential nominees is difficult, as Biden’s 2020 campaign was affected by the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. But an analysis of Barack Obama’s first campaign in 2008 and Clinton’s 2016 bid — based on data from Eric Appleman’s Democracy in Action sites — shows that Harris’ schedule more closely reflects the latter than the former.

Looking at the same time period in those two elections, Obama had just two days with no public events, and his schedule was packed daily with an array of campaign events, brief appearances at local restaurants, fundraisers, and other events. Clinton, by contrast, had roughly the same number of days with no events that Harris has had, including a brief stint where she was treated for pneumonia.

The Harris campaign has become complacent in the face of an overwhelming cash advantage. They don't want to put the vice president out on the trail every day because they fear she'll do more harm than good. But bombarding the airwaves with the same, tired political ads can only get her so far. Perhaps her schedule picks up as we move into mid-October, but for now, Harris is playing a dangerous game.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillaryclinton; kalamaclinton; kamalaharris; loserkamala; panic; redstate
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To: xp38

RE: Why isn’t Kamala ahead by 50 points you might ask.

Soros and Media: We’re working on that. Ordering new poll results to match what we like. Like the jobs report surge.
🖥️📑📑📈📈


81 posted on 10/05/2024 1:01:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Signalman

Hampered by the classic drunk/hangover cycle?


82 posted on 10/05/2024 1:18:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Carry_Okie
What other option does she have beyond hoping the bag is big enough?

Have you seen the woman? Definitely a two-bagger.

83 posted on 10/05/2024 1:19:43 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: blackdog

The other one has a heart. Which one has courage?


84 posted on 10/05/2024 1:25:30 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: frank ballenger; Steely Tom
From way back..... In 2016......



I remember when I first saw this one, LOL


85 posted on 10/05/2024 1:28:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Dick Bachert

In this era of ubiquitous cell phone movie cameras, why aren’t we seeing video evidence of all that?


86 posted on 10/05/2024 1:28:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Have you seen the woman?

I've followed her career for 25 years since the leftists in Berkeley were announcing on their local communist NPR radio station that she'd be President someday. She was still an attorney at the Oakland DA office.

87 posted on 10/05/2024 1:32:56 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: joethedrummer
"Cadaver Joe and Brainless Harris do as they’re told. Their handlers LNOW that they’re imbeciles; that’s what they want. THEY take care of the media “campaign” - AND the counting of the votes…

They’re perfectly okay with keeping her in a closet most of the time. There’s a good reason for that.."

I firmly believe that will be the MSM hot-take hindsight after Karamela loses on Election Night, no PA 100-hour counting necessary.

That there is/was a brain gap at the top of the Biden-Harris puppet state and America was too racisst and sexumist for an empty-headed female President. And they won't try a female at the top of their ticket again for several elections. Bank on it.

The MSM will pivot hard to take away Trump's trifecta in the mid-terms while promoting Gruesome to the top of the donkey dung heap.

88 posted on 10/05/2024 1:34:30 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: SaveFerris

Ha. Lower photo comment to aides by Hillary:
If you forgot to boost my crowds by cgi enhancement that’s one thing but you were supposed to reduce my rear end size to more like Uma Thurman’s. Somebody is getting fired.


89 posted on 10/05/2024 1:37:57 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger
Meanwhile, in 2016:


90 posted on 10/05/2024 1:40:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: srmanuel

Right. Bad thing for us.

That ridiculous staged photo of the serious and intelligent Jill Biden poring over policy binders would only need a quick substitution of Michelle’s head and hands. Dems should ask cgi crew for a discount.


91 posted on 10/05/2024 1:41:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: HYPOCRACY

Not passing the bar is a consistent feature of Democrat female candidates. Neither Hillary nor Kamala passed on their first try, which is truly quite an accomplishment considering they both went to highly rated law schools. Had to be worst on their classes.


92 posted on 10/05/2024 1:45:30 PM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: Signalman; Liz

“Democratic operatives, including some of Kamala Harris’ own staffers, are growing increasingly concerned about her relatively light campaign schedule, which has her holding fewer events than Donald Trump and avoiding unscripted interactions with voters and the press almost entirely.”

Well, they got THAT part right; the more people see and hear her, the less they like her!


93 posted on 10/05/2024 1:48:07 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Signalman

Yes, I never really thought about it before now, but I guess Koala is a PIAPS, too, just like Pickles Clinton.


94 posted on 10/05/2024 1:48:35 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: srmanuel

She is weak because everyone can see Tampon Tim is a loser. I won’t hire him to rake my leaves


95 posted on 10/05/2024 1:48:48 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Amen.


96 posted on 10/05/2024 1:49:14 PM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: milagro

You are so correct regarding the total incomprehensible thought process that argues why she can run the country when she can’t run a campaign. She can’t handle an unscripted interview. How can she have any sort of discussion with a foreign leader, let alone negotiate with one. Boggles my mind.


97 posted on 10/05/2024 1:50:34 PM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: SaveFerris

Great memory.

First woman in print dress: “I’m so depressed over Hillary losing I’m too despondent to even eat. I don’t count my between meals Blues Brothers coping snack. Four fried chickens, a Coke and some dry white toast.” 😭

2nd woman in dark jacket: “Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up fentanyl chewies. And men.”


98 posted on 10/05/2024 1:50:36 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

The 2nd one could be cute - if she wasn’t a Democrat


99 posted on 10/05/2024 2:01:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

RE: The 2nd one could be cute - if she wasn’t a Democrat.

First date she says over celery juice and tofu: “I’m circulating a petition to have first domestic assault or verbal misgender pronoun male offenders castrated. Want to sign it?”


100 posted on 10/05/2024 2:05:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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