Kamala Harris prepares for moment in the spotlight

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings next month, he will face a united front of Democratic opposition.

He may face no more blistering set of questions than those posed by the senator who sits all the way to the left of the dais, Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

A year and a half into her first term in office, the Judiciary Committee’s most junior member is already seen as a potential presidential front-runner.

She has used her perch to insert herself into the debate over major national issues like President Trump’s decision to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and her advisers believe the Kavanaugh hearings will give her another moment to seize the spotlight.

The hearings won’t exactly be a coming-out party for Harris, who is already front of mind for many Democratic activists across the country. But they will offer another moment in the limelight that other potential presidential contenders will not have.

“I think she finds herself in this moment in time where people are craving leadership,” said Debbie Mesloh, president of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women and a former top aide to Harris when she served as district attorney. “She recognizes that leadership is needed now.”

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I remember she put the fear of God into the Keebler cracker so I'm sure she could do likewise with Kavanaugh.

[still_one]

1. She has the judicial experience hold him accountable

[Wwcd]

2. She's a brilliant & exceptional prosecutor & debator.

Wait for the Repukes to cut her time when she gets close to making Kavnaugh squirm.

[Kath2]

3. I love her.

She may be just what we need to end this insanity.

[brer cat]

4. +1

I hope she gets a chance to ask her questions and follow-ups. She is very gifted, and republicans will try to limit her time.

[LakeArenal]

5. She is one of Franken's "detractors".

That is all.

[JI7]

6. Joe Manchin was Franken's biggest defender

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Maybe mentoring would help?

[MrsCoffee]

8. But her emails....

Once again, any woman who throws her hat in the ring is going to have to jump through special hoops.

You know who else signed on to ask Franken to resign? Bernie Sanders and 36 other senators. But I haven't once seen that used against one of the male politicians.

[LakeArenal]

13. Just not true.

If this was Schumer thread I would say the same. I did say exactly the same on a Corey Booker thread.
I said it today because others say only Gillibrand is called out. Not true again.
That was my only statement.

[question everything]

9. And promoted Civil forfeiture

as does Sessions.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Yeah, that's a big problem.

[AlexSFCA]

11. franken resigned, he could have stayed and sought

ethics investigation but he decided not to stay. Dem party leadership made a choice to be a party of zero tolerance of sexual harassment in any context even if it’s a joke. Long term it’s probably a good strategy to lock women vote indefinately.

[Scurrilous]

10. K&R

[dflprincess]

12. Hopefully some of the Democratic members on that committee will have Franken on speed dial

so they can check with him about what to ask. (Or have their staffs be ready to feed them questions from Al.)

[Takket]

16. Great idea!!!

[DFW]

17. Unless they preface their calls with a sincere apology, I doubt they would get a long conversation

Maybe he's big-hearted enough to have forgiven them all, but if he were to hang up on any of those Democratic Senators who urged him to resign, I wouldn't blame him in the slightest. Eight months of radio silence, and they would dare to call him up, not to see how he's doing or apologize for their rash action, but to ask his help in doing what he would have been helping them do all along? That would certainly take more gall than I could ever muster.