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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Her ambition got it wrong about Joe': Harris faces debate backlash [View all]
Biden supporters lash out against Kamala Harris.
By NATASHA KORECKI and CARLA MARINUCCI 06/30/2019 06:33 PM EDT Updated 06/30/2019 07:00 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO Kamala Harris might be reveling in her sudden burst of attention after roasting Joe Biden over racial issues on the debate stage last week, but a backlash is already brewing.
Biden supporters and Democrats who have attended the former vice presidents events in the days after the first nationally televised debate, are describing Harris assault on Biden as an all-too-calculated overreach after she knocked him on his heels in a grilling over busing and his remarks on segregationist senators.
She played low ball, which was out of character. And he didnt expect it, nor did I, said Lee White, a Biden supporter who attended his remarks at the Jesse Jackson Rainbow PUSH Coalition. She should not have gone that route. Shes much too intelligent, shes been able to be successful thus far, why do you have to do that.
One major Biden supporter from California who declined to be named for publication said Harris direct attack on Biden was a mistake that would haunt her.
Its going to bite her in the ass, the supporter noted. Very early on there was buzz Biden-Kamala is the dream ticket, the best of both worlds.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/30/kamala-harris-joe-biden-2020-1391212
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Big deal they were bad to begin with and as another poster noted...they have already began to
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#116
Pretty cool! I post an OP at 9:15 a.m. and three minutes later you've read the entire article...
DonViejo
Jul 2019
#19
Evelyn Wood perhaps, for those who remember, of corse comprehension was something else with Evelyn
still_one
Jul 2019
#29
Nobody ever goes to Polictical , We wait patiently for you to post it here. So we can read it here,
bahrbearian
Jul 2019
#93
Good comparison to 2008. Young v old. I'm ready for young, hungry and ready.
chimpymustgo
Jul 2019
#63
And a last minute FBI announcement that the Dem candidate is under investigation? n/t
Chemisse
Jul 2019
#122
Nah, what we had in the 2016 primary was Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DNC chair)
Eyeball_Kid
Jul 2019
#90
Ya can't rewrite history. Sanders lost decisively despite his continual attack...
brush
Jul 2019
#105
Sometimes people raised in Berkeley forget that the rest of the world is different.
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#7
Yes, once she said "hurtful" anything more he said would have been called lashing out,
ucrdem
Jul 2019
#57
And if she hadn't said it was hurtful to her and she just talked about his record
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#61
The fact that she planned in advance to bring it up doesn't undercut my point at all
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#96
Trying to explain the context in terms of states rights and Dept. of Ed policy
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#146
You're actually comparing a t-shirt with a picture of Kamala Harris as a little girl to MAGA hats?
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#161
True. Maybe that will save us. We'll see. Vote for our nominee no matter what. I just hope we
KPN
Jul 2019
#97
Sadly, this is going to bite her in the ass...unless she figures out a way to make amends with Biden
Pachamama
Jul 2019
#9
SHE'S supposed to "make amends" with Biden for talking about his record in a debate?
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#16
When people who know her well and are deep in Democratic Party make statements like that behind the
Pachamama
Jul 2019
#23
Since we're guessing what Obama's thinking, it's just as possible he's thinking
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#30
Stating facts about a candidate's record isn't "twisting 40 years of ancient history"
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#73
In other words, you can't cite anything in my links that disprove my point
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#132
I am sure that Obama must be very disappointed by the implication that he selected a
Skya Rhen
Jul 2019
#28
She has it coming...she shouldn't have opened herself up to this...and I have no idea what machine
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#118
Wow, the comments made by the Politico posters are not looking good for Harris.
Skya Rhen
Jul 2019
#10
Yes, and so have African Americans been known to criticize other African Americans
Pachamama
Jul 2019
#43
Also, how dare a woman be so...prepared. It's almost as if she...prepared for the debate.
Demit
Jul 2019
#67
Biden didn't expect it--but he should have. Did he think he could just waltz to the nomination?
Demit
Jul 2019
#26
It didn't look to me he pushed back hard. Maybe when he tried to bolster his civil rights creds
Demit
Jul 2019
#49
I thought that Biden was flummoxed and resorted to bragging about his resume. n/t
Eyeball_Kid
Jul 2019
#95
Her choice of tactics bruised both sides but it was a no win either way for her.
defacto7
Jul 2019
#71
IMO, Harris maneuvered herself brilliantly, and Biden reacted with a sour puss.
Eyeball_Kid
Jul 2019
#82
First, the troglodytes he used as an example of working across the aisle were fellow Democrats.
Demit
Jul 2019
#125
The entitlement factor with Biden is off the charts but I think Harris misplayed this
BeyondGeography
Jul 2019
#109