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| Harris charts her own course as vice-president amid intense scrutiny |
| 2021-12-27 |
| [Guardian] Harris is navigating a position that comes with great influence but few formal responsibilities — and the stakes are even higher for her compared to past vice-presidents See? You raycisss's and misogynists are just expecting too darn much from her! Earlier this month, Kamala Harris convened the inaugural meeting of the National Space Council, an important summit that brought together cabinet secretaries and top space and military officials in the sun-drenched atrium of the US Institute of Peace. Over the course of nearly two hours, the vice-president engaged the panel in discussion with real, earthly implications for national security, the climate crisis and workforce development. But attention in Washington was diverted elsewhere. At the supreme court, the justices were weighing the future of abortion rights. Republicans in Congress were threatening a government shutdown over their opposition to Covid-19 mask mandates. And as Harris spoke, public health experts confirmed the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the US. Such is the challenge of Harris’s mission: a historic first navigating an inescapably secondary role. Her work on the president’s most urgent priorities — combatting the coronavirus pandemic and enacting his legislative agenda — is often overlooked, while her efforts on her own policy portfolio often goes unnoticed. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 If Kamal-Skank needs a 'fighter' attack-dog running mate, Patricia Cornwall fits the bill. Someone in the clip said the woman “went crazy on the airplane, punched this man in the face, spit on him, scratched him (and) poured hot water on my leg.” Full-spectrum. MMA caliber. According to TMZ, Cornwall went ballistic because the man wouldn’t mask up while eating and drinking. Ideologically pure. Une vraie Incorruptible. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 20:13 |
| #9 Engine in place. VP Kamala Harris says US will be 'off the map as a role model' if voting rights bill is sunk Wonder what happened to Mexico? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-27 18:00 |
| #8 Another view, surprisingly well-argued by ZH: The Inevitability of Kamala Harris "...like it or not, Democrats ought to get used to the idea of nominating Kamala Harris if Biden doesn’t run. They’re unlikely to have much of a choice." |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 13:54 |
| #7 It will be president. Shortlist for VP: E. Warren, H. Clinton, S. Abrams, M. Obama. Whatever it will be, if anything, itwill be interesting. |
| Posted by: Whanter Clese9689 2021-12-27 13:11 |
| #6 Charting her own course is exactly why she cannot be President. The Party does not want someone so unreliable. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-12-27 11:28 |
| #5 The "Wrong way Corrigan" of politics... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-12-27 11:24 |
| #4 She and her boss are either the most clownishly incompetent, repulsive, degraded characters to hold those offices, or extraordinarily cunning, devious and secretly brilliant masters of a kind of strategic subterfuge.that eludes the grasp of ordinary folks like us. Which is it? |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 06:50 |
| #3 The media is playing VeePee against "The Big Guy". Wonder why? |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-12-27 03:03 |
| #2 Chortles: her own, coarse. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 02:39 |
| #1 Her "course" obviously does NOT include working with Biden to solve current challenges and problems. She is likely waiting until Biden is gone to initiate her program of social change and repression. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-27 02:25 |