In a surprising turn of events, Kamala Harris has emerged as the Democratic Party’s top pick for president, replacing former President Joe Biden as the party’s nominee for the 2024 election. Paired with Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris now faces the challenge of solidifying her position and proving herself worthy of the nomination at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The sudden shift in the presidential race has left both Democrats and Republicans scrambling to adjust to this new playing field. Former President Donald Trump and the Republicans have struggled to find their footing with Harris as the new nominee, leading to a few missteps along the way.
As WSJ’s Aaron Zitner explains, Harris now faces the daunting task of defining herself as the least defined presidential nominee in recent memory. With the spotlight firmly on her, she will need to prove her ability to lead the country and connect with voters on a deeper level. The upcoming Democratic convention will be crucial for Harris, as she works to solidify her place as the party’s standard bearer and rally support for her candidacy.
On the other side of the aisle, Republicans are still coming to terms with the new dynamic presented by Harris as the Democratic nominee. The shifting landscape has forced them to reassess their strategy and messaging, as they seek to effectively counter Harris and the Democratic agenda.
As the 2024 election continues to unfold, all eyes will be on Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party as they navigate this uncharted territory. The stakes are high, and Harris will need to prove herself at the DNC in order to secure the support and momentum needed to win the presidency.
Watch the video by The Wall Street Journal
Video “‘The Least Defined Presidential Nominee:’ What Harris Needs to Prove at DNC 2024 | WSJ” was uploaded on 08/16/2024 to Youtube Channel The Wall Street Journal
Let's see Donalds tax returns
#taxreturns
There is a reason she dropped out of the 2020 race so early on. Somehow she has avoided answering any serious questions since she inherited her crown a few weeks ago, but the moment she has to hold her own in a debate or sit down for a long-form interview, she's toast. Once people get to re-know Harris, it's over. She is a nervous wreck with zero principles and a terrible record.
Mommy Kamala 2024
She isn’t a nominee. She was installed.
She needs to prove that she's not a moron. Gonna be tough.
I just cannot trust the Democratic Party. Such a shady party they don't care at all about democracy, They rig their primaries and force the candidate that they want onto the ticket. And heck this time they put in a candidate that nobody voted for, they tricked so many people into thinking its ''normal'' it's just outright scary to me. The fact that Kamala was put on the ticket vs others with a much more robust record of success is shocking. Add also the elections are in a few months, and she hasn't had a SINGLE interview and is refusing to do more than one debate? What is that? We need to see her with her feet to the fire to see if she can lead the most powerful and influential country in the world. Add also anything about her past has been scrubbed and is not spoken of, it is very concerning. They are trying to hide her horrendous record as a prosecutor and her very lackluster job as a vice president. Enough is enough, I will never again vote for this Democratic party. I really don't want to vote for trump, but this may be the smack in the face the Democratic party needs to change their ways.
Harris walz to white house❤
And again, no traditional media talks about RFK Jr…
There are more than two options!
Just as for Germany's AfD, you can tell a lot by the supporters a candidate attracts. So, I hope that D's fan-mostly-boys will continue to pull down his chances. Kamala/Walz 2024
"Least defined"? Does this mean that the WSJ is hoping for a 900+ page response-blueprint on how to prevent the overturning of freedoms?
The party of Democracy didn’t allow anyone to vote for their candidate 🤦♂️
60% of people know what she would do??? Yeah right. She doesn't even know
USA President was elected by their people to create problems and not to solve problems.
Anyone but Donny Dementia
VOTE TRUMP AMERICANS
Wall Street Journal, Cope Harder. Everyone knows your boy and no one like him
Trump needs more protection than biden or kamala. They have been demonizing and inciting violence against Trump for years
So she claims to be effective and distances herself from everything she has done
I am suspicious of any WSJ commentator who is paid by an Ayn Rand follower and predatory business operation.
Don’t forget she had zero support a few years ago at her failed attempt at the presidency. And then she got the DEI hire spot as VP.
WSJ is so disgraceful now. The bias isn’t even trying to be hidden. They did a tremendous job hiding the biased opinions before
Thank you WSJ for deleting my replies to people 👍👍👍
Harris her political background has been being the 🤡😂
Jeeeessh WSJ, we'll just forget u r owned by fox huh? What people know about Trump is enough to drive them towards harris
We know one thing; a potted plant is a better choice than Trump.
In all honesty, wouldn’t have RFK been a better opponent for trump and a better choice for democrats?
I subscribe to the WSJ. But, this video, like so much of the news in this presidential election cycle reporting borders on bombast. The "reporters" and opinion writers are trying to understand this presidential election using journalistic conventions like the reporting in past elections (let's say since 1980 after which the political conventions became coronations). Let's get with it and get a new prescription for your journalism in this election cycle. The Democrats have done what the Republicans failed to do: democrats switched to a new candidate to try and win the election. And the pundits want everything said in a millisecond. Maybe the listeners, viewers, and readers are not interested in the reporting that is more about the opinions and policy opinions of the "reporter" than the candidates.
Spoiler alert: Kamala = Biden’s second term
Least defined?? Idk
I know she’s the most fine tho 😍😂🌹
Least defined? She's been the tie breaking vote for her tenure. Her records as a senator is available. The public merely has to read her wikipedia. It's all fleshed out. She's far superior to Trump and the public took notice the moment Biden backed her.
The problem is that we exist in a zero sum two party political system. Either Harris will be president or Trump…..no matter how many or how few people actually turn out on election day. Whoever has the most votes will win regardless. Under this system it is a perfectly legitimate strategy to allow yourself to be defined by who you are not. Trump is a well defined entity. Love him or hate him at this point EVERYONE knows how they feel about Trump, what his politics are and how he governs. When your opponent is so well defined NOT being them says just as much about you as any definitive policy position. In 2024, "I'm not Donald Trump" is not only a complete sentence it's a compelling one. There are many reasons the voting public is more vibes oriented than policy oriented. One of which is the reality that candidates often run on lengthy policy platforms and then find themselves unable to enact the overwhelming majority of these policies once elected. So what's the point? Voters are burnt out on that. Under this framework, what voters want to know is directionally what do you believe in, what is your general theory about how change happens, and what is your temperament/leadership style. THESE questions are being answered by the Harris campaign in various ways and it's working. That's why her polling numbers continue to trend upwards.
My metric is yard signs. I live in a pretty conservative part of Florida (which is a firmly Republican state). In 2016 there were "Trump" yard signs everywhere. In 2020 that number had visibly fallen. Now? Maybe 1/10th of what I saw in 2016 and, surprisingly, I've seen a few Harris yard signs pop up in the last couple of weeks something I would have considered unthinkable.
From my perspective as a layperson this election is very "50/50" at the moment. However, if a large number of Republicans don't show up and vote for Trump… or actively vote against him… the electoral math becomes impossible.
All the comments from pro-k are cope and seethe. Sad.
And to think she’s been in the White House since 1/1/2021…and she has to do these things.
Contrast between Kamala and Trump? Trump and Vance said no tax on tips, child tax credit and now Kamala has the same thing. No policy agenda on her website just donate to me. Today she talks price controls … you mean like in the old Soviet Union, Venezuela, Cuba? Lets have real interviews and get her off the teleprompters for real talk. She's been in DC for years .. question is are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?
She’s not Trump, she’s not Biden. That’s all she needs to be. ANYBODY is better than Trump.
Most American media, covering the Harris-Waltz presidential race, are using the principle of Nazi propagandist Goebbels: "A LIE repeated many times becomes the TRUTH!!!!"
She's gonna offer a bunch of empty promises while things continue to get more expensive. Same as the last 3.5 years.
Elections are no longer about “votes,” modern elections are about “ballots”. The election winner is not the person who gets the most votes. The election winner is the person who collects, submits and counts the most ballots. The contest for electoral victory is who gains the most ballots, not votes.
She’s the least defined because she literally did nothing during her time as VP and has no policies to speak of. She spends her time hiding from interviews and anything she does say comes from pre-approved script. Trump derangement syndrome is so strong that having a pulse is apparently the new bar to become the democratic candidate.
I’m from Uruguay, a country with quite good journalism. This video is no journalism, this is called “editorial”, that’s when instead of presenting all of the facts, you select the ones that work for the message you want to give. Giving not news or information, but rather someone’s opinion
Her biggest weakness is also her biggest strength. Is her generic persona she put up to not stand out. In the primaries it weeds you out early for not standing out among a crowd but in a general election it works like a ball withstanding pressure from all sides. She has no weak spots or even points of strength. It’s even worse for trump because his main style is more akin to a hammer that smashes anything and everything so every time her he tries to smash her character it just bounces the energy back at him.
Good job on using all those trump clips without any fact checking, great journalism WSJ.
Least defined? Another WSJ nonsense. Most Americans had no clue how George Washington would govern. Nobody asked him his policies. But it turned out he was the perfect person. We don't really need to know what Harris will do. We already know what Trump will do and we absolutely don't want Trump and that is enough for us to fire him again. You don't need to know the cop that comes to rescue you is a saint. All you need to know is the guy who kidnapped you is a serial killer. I will vote for cow manure over Trump because while cow manure stinks it will not end our democracy or incite insurrections like Treason Trump.
Educated women for RFK… Mom's just watch a few RFK videos about his policies protecting children from these chemicals in everything from foods to shampoo, to there clothes. He has done hundreds of hour plus long interviews and they are all posted on YouTube. We need to be educated in this one folks.
#KamalaHarris cinched her loss in November the moment she chose #TimWalz as her running mate. 🇺🇸
How is a person who exhibits socialist/communist beliefs with only a Political Science Degree and a Law Degree going to Manage a $30T economy bring down inflation and end the border crisis, Deal with Putin, Xi, End Corruption in congress and all the other federal agencies?
She has no background, no training what so ever. And it's obvious.
If she get's elected and not impeached in the first 2 years, the I will be unburdening myself from this tyranny.
Maybe she's just going to perpetuate what's gong and make it worse. Oh and Price Controls?
Yea, that's failed before many times.
It's hard to see who the people who have intelligence, because you actually have to have some intelligence to see it.
Kamala 2024!
I have never come across a politician more fake than Kamala. She appears to make up for her ineptitutde by laughing uncontrollably. And boy does she laugh a lot.
Harris to call for expanded child tax credit, 3 million new housing units: https://on.wsj.com/3ywKXIF