{"id":462572,"date":"2022-06-14T01:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T22:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dems-fool-themselves-on-bidens-aging-instead-of-kamala-harris\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T22:34:32","slug":"dems-fool-themselves-on-bidens-aging-instead-of-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dems-fool-themselves-on-bidens-aging-instead-of-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dems fool themselves on Biden&#8217;s aging instead of Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c8857281d9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c8857281d9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dems-fool-themselves-on-bidens-aging-instead-of-kamala-harris\/#%E2%80%9CDems_fool_themselves_on_Bidens_aging_instead_of_Kamala_Harris%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Dems fool themselves on Biden&#8217;s aging instead of Kamala Harris&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDems_fool_themselves_on_Bidens_aging_instead_of_Kamala_Harris%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Dems fool themselves on Biden&#8217;s aging instead of Kamala Harris&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Rich Lowry\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> taboo against talking about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-waking-up-biden-age-issue\">President Joe Biden\u2019s age<\/a> and the obstacle it presents to his running again in 2024 is finally off.<\/p>\n<p>Which should put a lantern on another looming problem for the Democrats \u2014 waiting in the wings is a deeply unpopular officeholder who makes Biden look like a prospective electoral juggernaut by comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats can be forgiven for considering the possibility of only Vice President Kamala Harris standing between them and a return of President Donald Trump and telling themselves, \u201cWell, maybe 80 is the new 75,\u201d or, \u201cBiden\u2019s always been gaffe-prone, so what are a few more gaffes between friends?\u201d or, \u201cBiden campaigned from a basement in 2020 \u2014 surely he can campaign from some similarly secluded and safe space in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris is the single best argument for Democrats trying to prop up Biden no matter what. She has been a disaster as vice president, even as she\u2019s done nothing particularly noteworthy either good or bad. She\u2019s simply a political void whose <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/projects\/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps\/\">abysmal ratings<\/a> reflect not just Biden\u2019s troubles but her own profound, inherent flaws as a political figure.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris has the authenticity of Hillary Clinton, the charm of Al Gore and the common touch of Adlai Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p>She could have been engineered in a lab as a convictionless opportunist lacking basic political horse sense \u2014 and she more or less was. She came up in a California where the dominance of TV ads makes retail politicking all but unnecessary, and internal Democratic politics is largely based on identity politics. Compared with her, Biden really is Middle-Class Joe. The contrast with Sen. Chuck Schumer, another Democratic leader from a deep-blue state, is instructive \u2014 Schumer had a tough statewide race against a Republican within memory and is aware that not all voters are extremely online woke progressives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22146811477911.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Migrants, mostly from Nicaragua, cross the Rio Grande river into the U.S., at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, May 20, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22643975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22146811477911.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22146811477911.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22146811477911.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22146811477911.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harris has seemingly abandoned her goal of mitigating illegal immigration into the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Dario Lopez-Mills<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris could have run as an ideologically interesting, tough-minded former prosecutor in the 2020 Democratic nomination fight \u2014 a little like Eric Adams in the New York City mayoral primaries last year. Instead, she got sucked into the idea that the winning lane would be a couple of ticks to the right of Sen. Bernie Sanders. She co-sponsored his Medicare for All proposal before making a confusing hash of her position when she realized the political implausibility of the plan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>She seemed defensive about her record as a prosecutor, which came under withering assault from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard from the left.<\/p>\n<p>Her signature moment \u2014 attacking Joe Biden for his opposition to busing based on her own experience getting bused \u2014 didn\u2019t pay the expected dividends because of its self-evident calculation.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is a politician who always seems to be reading stage directions out loud. Her laugh, a target of critics, usually sounds forced and calculated, at times bordering on in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate affect. It\u2019s a valuable political skill to seem at ease even when reaching for the brass ring at the highest level of American politics. Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all had this ability. Harris has shown no indication that she has it or will develop it.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has done her no favors with her assignments as vice president. Given the foolhardiness of the underlying Biden policies, there was no realistic way she was going to diminish migration at the southern border. Nor was she going to do anything to get a voting rights bill passed. That said, Harris hasn\u2019t mastered any particular issue area and gives the impression of seeking tableaux that will lend her gravitas without ever succeeding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22164691945118.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden prepares to sign the &quot;Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act,&quot; Monday, June 13, 2022, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in the East Room of the White House in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-22643982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22164691945118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22164691945118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22164691945118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22164691945118.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harris and President Joe Biden reportedly do not have a close relationship.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Patrick Semansky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On top of all this, she hasn\u2019t managed to secure a close, trusted relationship with the president.<\/p>\n<p>Any rational observer could have predicted that Biden\u2019s VP pick was going to be particularly sensitive given that, as Charles de Gaulle famously said, old age is a shipwreck. Instead, Biden played identity politics by choosing Harris, and it\u2019s understandable now that some Democrats would like, against all evidence, to bank everything on Biden\u2019s youthful vigor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: @RichLowry<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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