Harris Delivered Devastating Blow

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Just one week after Biden dropped out of the presidential race, leaving Harris the unofficial Democrat nominee—although the delegates surveyed maintained support for Harris before the convention almost certainly securing it—based on three major polls taken, Harris loses to Trump in seven out of nine key swing states. This is despite top end Democrat endorsements and a short-term boost following the original announcement and millions of dollars pouring into her campaign. With such a short time before election day at hand, Harris needs to get support fast, and even her campaign has said, "We have a lot of work to do." For one, her favorability ratings remain a major hurdle for her as there has been little improvement since it was announced she would be at the top of the ticket, although there was a slight boost. But her favorability ratings remain well below Biden's were before he dropped out. Part of the issue is that inflation and the border remain primary issues concerning Americans, and since taking the campaign baton, she's talked little about those two issues, focusing instead on abortion. What's toubling her is that her stance on the economy is that it is good, which Americans continue to disagree with, and that the border is secure, which Americans strongly disagree with. They're just not winning stances to take, and of course the biggest problem for Harris is that she's running with Biden policies, which Americans have already largely rejected. As I have said before, simply putting a different name and face on policies that 64% of Americans are unhappy with is not going to move the needle enough to win an election, and very early on that reality is already beginning to show. Star pollster Frank Luntz has come out and said, "While she polls better than Biden, with favorability as low as hers is, it's nearly impossible win an election." He went on to say, she not only needs to hold the immediate excitement, but she also has to have voters doing somersaults. I'm not sure anyone has gotten out of their chair yet. They may be clapping harder. But they are far from doing somersaults. If this early on, Harris' campaign is already showing signs of losing momentum, this may be a much steeper uphill climb for her campaign than they can imagine. But of course, she hasn't been before the public much, yet. At the same time, I sense that the more visible she becomes as she tries to push harder, the worse it may become for her. She not only has to offer something different in terms of policy. She has to convince the American people she's a different Kamala Harris than the one people disliked, that gave her the lowest favorability ratings of any sitting vice president before her. That may the hardest thing for her to overcome. We shall wait and see.