Kamala Harris profile in Vogue

[Mr. Morden]

Vogue has a new profile of Kamala Harris here:

https://www.vogue.com/article/kamala-harris-interview-vogue-april-2018

Including this pic of young Kamala with her mother:



The profile briefly recounts her life story, and then spends a few paragraphs on her Senate career:

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Also, Cory Booker on Harris 2020:

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[Da2017]

Wow she is lot warmer than Clinton. I hope this will be kind of Harris on the campaign.

[Joey1996]

Did Booker just ruin his shot at the nomination? ☺

[CookieDamage]

Did Booker just ruin his shot at the nomination? ☺

Maybe he wants to be Veep or some cabinet official?

[Mr. Morden]

Booker praises everyone (though, sure, he's more friendly to Harris than others), so I wouldn't read too much into it.  I mean, he frequently talks about how he loves Donald Trump:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/10/cory-booker-2020-profile-feature-donald-trump-215814

I don't think we can assume that he's going to opt out of a 2020 race just because his friend(s) is/are running.  He'll just spend all his time at the debates talking about how much he loves everyone onstage, and how blessed the country would be to see any one of them elected president.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I remember listening to Kamala at the Women's March say the same thing about "women's issues," and it was great. Glad she's still keeping that up. It's a very good way of appealing to people (and I hate to use this phrase but there's no other way to put it) who love the "identity" aspect of politics, while also reassuring the rest that she has her eyes on the issues and the big picture. Whenever I find myself doubting Harris all I have to do is look at her speeches or read something like this Vogue profile and then I remember why she's at the top of everyone's list for 2020.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I remember listening to Kamala at the Women's March say the same thing about "women's issues," and it was great. Glad she's still keeping that up. It's a very good way of appealing to people (and I hate to use this phrase but there's no other way to put it) who love the "identity" aspect of politics, while also reassuring the rest that she has her eyes on the issues and the big picture. Whenever I find myself doubting Harris all I have to do is look at her speeches or read something like this Vogue profile and then I remember why she's at the top of everyone's list for 2020.

I agree, it's an excellent way to link social and economic issues. It is an outright truth that these issues are correlated. I was always willing to support Kamala Harris but this article actually convinces me even more that she wouldn't be such a risky nominee as some others may she think she is. I mean, let's not beat around the bush, she is absolutely running in 2020.

[henster]

Potential vulnerabilities revealed from this piece.

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[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I really love Kamala, and it would be amazing to see her lead the free world one day.

[Possiblymaybe]

Booker praises everyone (though, sure, he's more friendly to Harris than others), so I wouldn't read too much into it.  I mean, he frequently talks about how he loves Donald Trump:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/10/cory-booker-2020-profile-feature-donald-trump-215814

I don't think we can assume that he's going to opt out of a 2020 race just because his friend(s) is/are running.  He'll just spend all his time at the debates talking about how much he loves everyone onstage, and how blessed the country would be to see any one of them is elected president.

Booker praises everyone, this quote from Warren is more significant:

‘Under political pressure from homeowners to accept a $4 billion settlement from the country’s five largest mortgage servicers, Harris refused. Californians eventually got $20 billion instead. “It’s not just about how much money was in the settlement,” says Senator Elizabeth Warren. “It’s how aggressively Kamala and her team stayed after the banks to make sure they followed through.”

[Beet]

Kamala Harris is the acceptable face of liberalism. But at least it's better than Trumpism.

[WestVegeta]

Did Booker just ruin his shot at the nomination? ☺

Maybe he wants to be Veep or some cabinet official?

Am I smelling Attorney General Booker (and then Senator Gottheimer)?

Kamala's sounding amazing right now, but I don't know if 2020 will be a good year for the Democrats. I'm getting a "poisoned chalice" vibe from '21-'25, like the 2005-2009 term. Buuuuut Harris '24 sounds pretty dope.

[Sirius_]

I quite like Kamala Harris. She would probably make for a good president, my only concern is the fact that's she's still in her first term as a senator. She'd be a great running mate for Joe Biden, and could probably become president after his term.

[James Monroe]

And people are still underestimating her chances at the nomination.


The party base are going to turnout for her when she runs in 2020. The Obama coalition will be the true grace that will push this amazing individual to the White House.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Potential vulnerabilities revealed from this piece.

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The second one is definitely a vulnerability. I won't deny that. But the first one should not be an issue. The death penalty is a pointless exercise in satisfying some people's most primal urges. She has every right to defend herself from that one. It's not being anti-police officer though I'm sure the right will still smear her as that.

[Da2017]

I think she is underestimated. Even with the baggage she still has far less than Clinton.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

She does have baggage, but it's far less than the rest of the field, and especially Clinton.

[Mr. Smith]

It's like I've said all along, she holds both the good and the bad of Obama and Hillary. As a consequence, she is both underestimated and overhyped, could vault past the rest of the field, or go down in flames before it all begins.

I imagine if her career had started in Las Vegas or Albuquerque, responses here would be less lukewarm and a bit more receptive.

[dw93]

Did Booker just ruin his shot at the nomination? ☺

Maybe he wants to be Veep or some cabinet official?

Am I smelling Attorney General Booker (and then Senator Gottheimer)?

Kamala's sounding amazing right now, but I don't know if 2020 will be a good year for the Democrats. I'm getting a "poisoned chalice" vibe from '21-'25, like the 2005-2009 term. Buuuuut Harris '24 sounds pretty dope.

I had in 2016 and still have that same vibe about the 2017-2021 term. I said the second Obama was re elected in 2012 that if he didn't see a recession in his second term, whoever won in 2016 would in their term and I still maintain that there's a good chance that a recession hits in 2019 or 2020.

[WestVegeta]

If the steel and aluminum tariffs go through, sure. That would accelerate the recession. However, from what I've heard, there aren't any major signs of a recession happening before 2020 other than "hasn't this growth period been a little too long?". Powell's more dovish that Yellen was, so I don't even think we'll see an interest rate issue.

[Possiblymaybe]

It's like I've said all along, she holds both the good and the bad of Obama and Hillary. As a consequence, she is both underestimated and overhyped, could vault past the rest of the field, or go down in flames before it all begins.

I imagine if her career had started in Las Vegas or Albuquerque, responses here would be less lukewarm and a bit more receptive.

Agree with this. Although I feel like the statement about obama and Hillary simply relates to her being a woman and a poc not sure she holds that much of Hillary at least bar being female.

[BlueSwan]

If the steel and aluminum tariffs go through, sure. That would accelerate the recession. However, from what I've heard, there aren't any major signs of a recession happening before 2020 other than "hasn't this growth period been a little too long?". Powell's more dovish that Yellen was, so I don't even think we'll see an interest rate issue.

There are plenty of warning signs out there:

- A possible all-out trade war

- There are already pretty solid signs of a stock market bubble. Depending on how hard the correction will be, this could result in quite a bit of economic turmoil.

- Possible lack of qualified labour resulting in rising inflation.

- The debt crisis could easily escalate quickly with Trump running stupendously large deficits in a booming economy.

I think we could very well have a recession or at least a period of very weak growth and rising unemployment come 2020.