(08-10-2024, 08:00 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-10-2024, 01:10 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: The AP is trying to excuse Harris for not talking because 'that's the way they do it now'. They're such stooges. 

Meet the press? Hold that thought. The candidate sit-down interview ain't what it used to be (msn.com)

The article is correct, though.  Modern political campaigns are all about marketing and image.  The Harris campaign has taken advantage of the way she obtained the nomination, by which she had skipped all the usual messy, difficult political stuff like interviews and town hall meetings.  That gave them a blank slate to create the image they want to create.  So what they are doing is exactly what I said she should do two weeks ago- give canned speeches and smile and wave.  This make her the empty vessel so everyone can imagine she is what they want her to be.  Like JFK, or Obama.  

She is smiling and waving, giving canned speeches, and drawing the contrast between her smiling self and that angry old man who tweets out his temper tantrums in all caps at 3AM.  It's a visual contrast, where she has a huge advantage.  Don't think about taxes, or DEI programs, or the border, or inflation.  Think about whether you want a smiling, happy President, or an angry old man who will spend the next 4 years taking revenge on his enemies.  

I'm not saying this is good or bad for the country, and I'm not endorsing Kamala Harris.  I'm just saying this is the way politics is these days.