He Washington Examiner Sarah Bedford said the time until Election Day leaves Vice President Kamala Harris with little time to reassure voters that she is “the steady hand that can fix everything.”
While appearing on Fox News’ T showThe Afternoon EditBedford stressed the importance of Harris’ choice of a running mate in that effort. Bedford noted that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who is running for the seat, may be more interested in winning Arizona and less interested in politics and balancing the ticket.
“I think Kamala Harris, you know, doesn’t have a lot of room for error with so little room for maneuver in the election, so why she would pick someone who evokes some of the worst moments of the Biden administration and calls attention to the fact that the Biden administration is perceived as so weak on national security, that foreign policy has become a mess under Biden and Harris, why she would pick a candidate who reinforces some of those worst narratives about the Biden administration doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense,” Bedford said.
“There’s not a lot of what Democrats have been doing lately that makes sense unless you look at it from the standpoint that they just want to win elections,” he added. “Arizona is a swing state. Mark Kelly is from that swing state, and that seems to be one of the only calculations going into the VP search: who helps Kamala win, not necessarily who is the best partner to govern.”
Bedford said Harris’ entire campaign, including whoever she picks as vice president, will have to fight “the mistakes of the Biden administration.”
“They will do everything they can to cleanse Harris of the mistakes of the Biden administration, and it’s true that elections are not won or lost on foreign policy, but the disaster that we’ve seen on the world stage under Biden and Harris, I think, underscores that deeper perception that the people in charge right now don’t know what they’re doing — on any front, on the economy, on the border and on foreign policy,” Bedford said.
“I think on that front, Harris is going to have a hard time reassuring people that she is the steady hand that can fix everything,” he continued.
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Until the Democratic National Convention in August, Harris is the party’s de facto presidential nominee since President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election.
In addition to Kelly, Harris’s list of potential running mates includes Govs. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.), Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) and Andy Beshear (D-Ky.). Cooper, however, withdrew from the list on Monday.
