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The Astonishing Rise—and Uncertain Odds—of Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign

2024/10/11
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David Remnick：本文主要探讨了卡马拉·哈里斯总统竞选的迅速崛起以及她面临的挑战，特别是她如何争取选民支持，以及她与拜登政府的关系。访谈中还涉及到她过去的政治经历以及她对一些关键问题的立场，例如以色列问题。 Evan Osnos：奥斯诺斯对哈里斯进行了深入的报道，采访了大量与其关系密切的人，揭示了哈里斯竞选团队的策略，他们放弃了传统的提名流程，而是迅速争取代表大会代表的支持。他还分析了哈里斯民调支持率的迅速上升，这与她代表了被忽视的选民群体有关。此外，他还探讨了哈里斯的个人经历，特别是她母亲对她的影响，以及她如何试图调和她作为检察官的经历和她进步主义的价值观。奥斯诺斯还分析了哈里斯在参议院和副总统任期内的表现，以及她对一些关键问题的立场，例如以色列问题。他认为哈里斯的对外政策思维方式与拜登有所不同，她对民主与专制的界限认识较为模糊。 Bakari Sellers：作为哈里斯的盟友，塞勒斯认为哈里斯的竞选团队认为公开的提名大会只是为了绕过哈里斯，因此他们选择迅速争取支持。 David Remnick: This episode focuses on Kamala Harris's surprising rise in the presidential race and the challenges she faces. The discussion covers her campaign strategy, her relationship with the Biden administration, her past political experiences, and her stances on key issues such as Israel. The interview also explores the rapid increase in her poll numbers and the potential risks she faces, including the possibility of winning the popular vote but losing the Electoral College. Evan Osnos: Osnos's reporting reveals the inner workings of Harris's campaign, highlighting their decision to bypass a traditional nomination process and quickly secure delegates. He analyzes the surge in her poll numbers, linking it to her representation of overlooked voter groups. He delves into Harris's personal background, particularly her mother's influence, and her attempts to reconcile her experience as a prosecutor with her progressive values. Osnos also examines Harris's performance in the Senate and as Vice President, and her positions on key issues, including Israel. He notes differences between her and Biden's foreign policy approaches and her less rigid view of the democracy-autocracy divide. Bakari Sellers: As an ally of Harris, Sellers explains that Harris's campaign viewed an open convention as a way to bypass her, thus their decision to quickly secure support.

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Following Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, Kamala Harris swiftly secured the Democratic nomination. She activated a pre-existing network of contacts, reaching out to influential figures and delegates to consolidate support. Harris's decisive action and strategic outreach effectively solidified her position as the Democratic candidate.
  • Harris leveraged a comprehensive list of delegates and influential figures, compiled over years, to secure her nomination.
  • She prioritized direct outreach and rapid consolidation of support, bypassing calls for a more drawn-out primary process.
  • Harris's team viewed an open convention as a potential threat to her candidacy, motivating their swift action.

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Since July 21st, when Joe Biden endorsed her in the Presidential race, all eyes have been on Vice-President Kamala Harris. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos) has been reporting on Harris for months, speaking with dozens of people close to her from her childhood to her days as a California prosecutor, right up to this lightning-round campaign for the Presidency. “What’s interesting is that some of those people . . . were asking her, ‘Do you think there should be a process? Some town halls or conventions?,’ ” Osnos tells David Remnick. “And her answer is revealing. . . . ‘I’m happy to join a process like that, but I’m not gonna wait around. I’m not gonna wait around.’ ” But if Harris’s surge in popularity was remarkable, her lead in most polls is razor-thin. “If she wins [the popular vote] and loses the Electoral College, that’ll be the third time since the year 2000 that Democrats have suffered that experience,” he notes. “You can’t underestimate how seismic a shock and a trauma—that’s not an overstatement—it will be, particularly for young Americans who have tried to say, ‘We’re going to put our support behind somebody and see if we can change this country.’ ”