Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump.

[elleng]

DETROIT — Senator Kamala Harris of California structures her stump speech around two themes — “truth” and “justice” — meant to evoke her career as a barrier-breaking prosecutor and cultivate a reputation as a fearless public advocate.

But when Ms. Harris swept into Detroit to address an N.A.A.C.P. banquet on Sunday night, she added something new. After her signature windup of “let’s speak truth,” she replaced her usual recitation of Democratic policies with an attack on President Trump, accusing him of enabling bigotry and divisiveness and refusing “to call neo-Nazi violence what it is: domestic terrorism.”

“This president isn’t trying to make America great,” she said, “he’s trying to make America hate.”

With that, Ms. Harris was nodding to a political truth: She is attempting to reset her campaign after stagnating in Democratic primary polls, using her strengths as a prosecutor — which were on display during a recent face-off with Attorney General William Barr — to mount a sharp indictment of Mr. Trump.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-trump.html?

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Like Hillary, Kamala has more intelligence and decency in a single strand of her hair

than rump, pence, mcconnell and any random 400,000 registered republicans combined.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Kamala Harris runs a very close #2 on my candidate list....

When Joe Biden came right out of the gate blasting Trump, it was a brilliant move on his part. He is talking issues in a down to earth manner with people as he travels to places Democrats did not that went for Trump in 2016.

Kamala Harris can do that too, blasting Trump and talking issues. For Trump is the issue and what he is doing to this country.

[redstateblues]

4. Biden/Harris here

Beto 3rd

[Politicub]

9. This would thrill me to no end

though I'm rather partial to a Harris/Buttigieg ticket, too.

[MineralMan]

3. Smart of her.

Very early in this pre-primary season, I suggested that the best approach a candidate could take would be to go after Trump hard from the very beginning. Until Joe Biden entered the race, none of the candidates made that their first order of business. Then Joe did exactly that in his launch speech. He then jumped immediately to the top of the polling.

Trump is the key to this primary race. He is the opponent, not issues nor the individual candidates. That will be the issue in the general election campaign, too.

So, Kamala Harris is a little late in doing this, but it's the right move.

[uawchild]

5. Harris might very well be our nominee

She's well positioned in the top tier of candidates and I am sure she is going to absolutely knock it out of the park during the debates.

First debate is still almost 2 months off on June 27th.

Should be exciting!

[oldtime dfl_er]

6. did she really

"sweep into Detroit"? Kind of a snarky article.

[peggysue2]

7. Good one on Kamala Harris

Smart move. I'd like to see more of our candidates do the very same thing: press their main policy prescriptions while going after Trump as the most corrupt and compromised individual ever to sit in the WH, a clear and present danger to the health of the country.

All these candidates can walk and chew gum at the same time. Trump is the target who must be kicked to the curb if we're to fix and restore anything.

[RobertDevereaux]

8. Agreed!

[elleng]

10. Yes, challenging to find the right combination- policy/vs. trump,

but they can do it!