Both are telegenic, great-on-paper candidates with somewhat shape-shifting views who can't seem to break through to pose a threat to the front-runner
Fair comparison? Photo: Getty Images Ben: After a breakout debate performance a couple months ago, Kamala Harris seemed to be ascending in the Democratic race. But she hasn’t really been able to connect with voters in a sustained way. More than one writer has compared her to Marco Rubio — a telegenic, great-on-paper candidate with somewhat shape-shifting views, who fails to break through enough to pose a real threat to the front-runner.
Ed: Yeah, Harris kind of oozes calculation, which can lead to a rep for flip-flopping and inauthenticity. In Rubio’s case, it wasn’t just flip-flopping that was a problem: He got a crucial issue dead wrong and then spent the entire campaign crawling back on it, apologizing the whole way. Ed: Well, she can certainly hope bad things happen to Biden, who is directly athwart her path. And if Bernie Sanders somehow knocks Elizabeth Warren out of the race, she could have a lot more potential for growth in a party polarized between the two septuagenarian white men. Obviously she needs to regain her debate mojo, which for a moment early this summer made her a top-tier candidate; nothing will improve her “electability” image better than a very competent debate performance.
Ed: Maybe this time, yes. Electability has really made the Vision Thing less urgent than it would be otherwise. If Kamala Harris begins to look like a good bet to beat Trump, or if any of the Big Three screw up or fade, she’ll magically discover clarity of purpose: victory!Ed: All this is to say that there’s only so much she can do on her own. She needs some luck.
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