Kamala Harris is the presidential contest’s most conspicuous under-performer
reasons—maybe the biggest reason—why Joe Biden is ruling the Democratic primary field is an apparent paucity of convincing alternatives. Pete Buttigieg is dripping with talent, but struggling to reach beyond the liberalcrowd.
First, because on the slippery question of “electability” her profile and attributes have already given her a sizeable, not particularly fair, advantage over similarly qualified candidates. Why else did she enter the race with such a lead over Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar? Accomplished though she is, Ms Harris’s Senate career has been brief and unmemorable, aside from a few tough exchanges with administration officials in the Judiciary Committee.
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