No Knockout, but a Clear Win for Harris
Although Vice
President Kamala Harris did not “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” in
the words of Muhammad Ali, she clearly won last night’s debate. She came off as
a cool and accomplished leader who many would see as presidential. In contrast
Trump came off hot as the angry old man that he is. It is OK to show flashes of
anger on television, but it is very hard to sustain anger for a full ninety
minutes.
Harris was consistently
forward looking, while Trump was looking back to the past. In a way Harris came
off more as a challenger than Trump did. It was quite a trick for the sitting
vice president to come off as the change candidate. On substance she was at her
best in discussing abortion and weakest when talking about her changed
positions. Here the ABC moderators failed in not following up on her radically
changing views. They also failed in not focusing on the foreign policy and
military challenges facing our country. It was Trump’s failure in not taking
this fight to Harris. In a real sense, just like Biden two months ago, Trump lost
the debate more than Harris won it.
Finally, to put a
cherry on top of the cake, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris as soon as the debate
ended.
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