Ezra Klein

But she runs in the Democratic Party at a time when it's turned on that kind of politics. People want a lot from her personally, but they don't want a sort of prosecutorial – So she sort of abandons that and never, I think, really finds another political identity, certainly before she begins running in 2024, that works. But she's a talented debater. She's a very talented performer on the stump.

But she runs in the Democratic Party at a time when it's turned on that kind of politics. People want a lot from her personally, but they don't want a sort of prosecutorial – So she sort of abandons that and never, I think, really finds another political identity, certainly before she begins running in 2024, that works. But she's a talented debater. She's a very talented performer on the stump.

But she runs in the Democratic Party at a time when it's turned on that kind of politics. People want a lot from her personally, but they don't want a sort of prosecutorial – So she sort of abandons that and never, I think, really finds another political identity, certainly before she begins running in 2024, that works. But she's a talented debater. She's a very talented performer on the stump.

But she doesn't really have a theory of politics and policy that she's identified with. But she's a way for Biden to signal that he understands that him being, you know, in 2020, a 78-year-old white guy, he understands the future is not him or at least not just him. And he's sort of trying to make a coalitional pick that speaks to his own, you know, potential weaknesses.

But she doesn't really have a theory of politics and policy that she's identified with. But she's a way for Biden to signal that he understands that him being, you know, in 2020, a 78-year-old white guy, he understands the future is not him or at least not just him. And he's sort of trying to make a coalitional pick that speaks to his own, you know, potential weaknesses.

But she doesn't really have a theory of politics and policy that she's identified with. But she's a way for Biden to signal that he understands that him being, you know, in 2020, a 78-year-old white guy, he understands the future is not him or at least not just him. And he's sort of trying to make a coalitional pick that speaks to his own, you know, potential weaknesses.

I think by 2024, you have two problems, right? He only steps down. What is it, June? Yeah. Like they are weeks from the DNC. They don't have time anymore for an open convention. You now have the Biden administration is very unpopular for a number of reasons, but particularly inflation and cost of living. So now you have Kamala Harris running with a sort of anvil of being associated.

I think by 2024, you have two problems, right? He only steps down. What is it, June? Yeah. Like they are weeks from the DNC. They don't have time anymore for an open convention. You now have the Biden administration is very unpopular for a number of reasons, but particularly inflation and cost of living. So now you have Kamala Harris running with a sort of anvil of being associated.

I think by 2024, you have two problems, right? He only steps down. What is it, June? Yeah. Like they are weeks from the DNC. They don't have time anymore for an open convention. You now have the Biden administration is very unpopular for a number of reasons, but particularly inflation and cost of living. So now you have Kamala Harris running with a sort of anvil of being associated.

I mean, it's a Biden-Harris administration. She doesn't really have a lane on cost of living. It's not something she's known for working on in the Senate. It's not something she has a bunch of great ideas about. not something she's great at talking about. It's probably not the candidate you would pick for a cost-of-living election. And she's had no time to build that out, right?

I mean, it's a Biden-Harris administration. She doesn't really have a lane on cost of living. It's not something she's known for working on in the Senate. It's not something she has a bunch of great ideas about. not something she's great at talking about. It's probably not the candidate you would pick for a cost-of-living election. And she's had no time to build that out, right?

I mean, it's a Biden-Harris administration. She doesn't really have a lane on cost of living. It's not something she's known for working on in the Senate. It's not something she has a bunch of great ideas about. not something she's great at talking about. It's probably not the candidate you would pick for a cost-of-living election. And she's had no time to build that out, right?

Maybe if she had been running in a primary for, you know, a year and a half, having to fend off Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and whomever else, she either would have figured out how to do it, right? Primaries are periods of education and learning for the candidates too, or they would have found somebody else who could do it. But she doesn't get any of that, right?

Maybe if she had been running in a primary for, you know, a year and a half, having to fend off Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and whomever else, she either would have figured out how to do it, right? Primaries are periods of education and learning for the candidates too, or they would have found somebody else who could do it. But she doesn't get any of that, right?

Maybe if she had been running in a primary for, you know, a year and a half, having to fend off Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and whomever else, she either would have figured out how to do it, right? Primaries are periods of education and learning for the candidates too, or they would have found somebody else who could do it. But she doesn't get any of that, right?

She's thrown into the game with three months to go. So, you know, they picked the candidate in 2020 who won. Whether you think Biden's inspiring or not, he was probably he was a reasonable pick for that moment. He should have never run for a second term. And he sort of implied to a lot of people that he wouldn't.

She's thrown into the game with three months to go. So, you know, they picked the candidate in 2020 who won. Whether you think Biden's inspiring or not, he was probably he was a reasonable pick for that moment. He should have never run for a second term. And he sort of implied to a lot of people that he wouldn't.

She's thrown into the game with three months to go. So, you know, they picked the candidate in 2020 who won. Whether you think Biden's inspiring or not, he was probably he was a reasonable pick for that moment. He should have never run for a second term. And he sort of implied to a lot of people that he wouldn't.

And then the handover to Harris was a very difficult handover to a candidate who didn't go through any kind of selection process for the moment in which he was running. We'll see what they do in 2028. But the consequences of what they did in 2024 have been severe.

And then the handover to Harris was a very difficult handover to a candidate who didn't go through any kind of selection process for the moment in which he was running. We'll see what they do in 2028. But the consequences of what they did in 2024 have been severe.