'One of the biggest policy changes': A 'grave miscalculation' may have been fatal for Dems
2 months ago

'One of the biggest policy changes': A 'grave miscalculation' may have been fatal for Dems

Raw Story  

Democrats and pundits have offered a multitude of explanations to try to explain Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to President-elect Donald Trump this week. Rather, Davis opined that President Joe Biden's decision to quietly sunset pandemic-era safety net programs may have been what stuck out the most in voters' memories of Biden's economic oversight. "The massive, almost overnight expansion of the social safety net and its rapid, almost overnight rollback are materially one of the biggest policy changes in American history," Davis wrote. "At the end of Trump’s term, the American standard of living and the amount of economic security and freedom Americans had was higher than when it started, and, with the loss of this expanded welfare state, it was worse when Biden left office, despite his real policy wins for workers and unions," Davis wrote. But Davis observed that Biden had no "political pathway" to justify keeping these programs in place after ending the federal Covid-19 emergency, meaning many Americans were stripped of safety nets they had grown accustomed to.

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What went wrong for Harris? Experts weigh in
2 months ago

What went wrong for Harris? Experts weigh in

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Economy, immigration, incumbency: As the dust just begins to settle on a brutal US election campaign, experts have highlighted key headwinds that contributed to why Kamala Harris failed to block Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House. Economic malaise Democratic strategist James Carville famously explained Bill Clinton's win in 1992 with the phrase "The economy, stupid!" Thirty years later, …

Sexism, campaign errors, media malpractice: Why Kamala Harris lost, according to readers
2 months ago

Sexism, campaign errors, media malpractice: Why Kamala Harris lost, according to readers

LA Times  

To the editor: I have faced the reality that Donald Trump will be president for the next four years. With the economy rebounding well after COVID-19, I would like to offer another reason why Vice President Kamala Harris lost. More than two weeks before the election, I wrote Harris’ campaign to say that she couldn’t win the election based on …

Harris and Trump rush to overcome vulnerabilities in final day before election
2 months ago

Harris and Trump rush to overcome vulnerabilities in final day before election

Live Mint  

EAST LANSING, Mich.—Kamala Harris is running against a persistent level of negativity about the direction of the country, the kind of which few incumbent party nominees survive. Such comments play right into some of his biggest weaknesses: The Wall Street Journal’s late October national poll found more voters said Harris, rather than Trump, had the right temperament for the office …

Harris Shifts Strategy to Highlight Economic Agenda in Final Push
2 months, 1 week ago

Harris Shifts Strategy to Highlight Economic Agenda in Final Push

Firstpost  

The Harris campaign has shifted its focus to economic issues in the final week of the campaign, as they attempt to counter Trump's economic advantage. The campaign has highlighted measures such as combatting price gouging, expanding the child tax credit, and providing tax exemptions for tipped income.

Kamala Harris: Her most outspoken holdouts issued a statement that changed everything. Or did it?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris: Her most outspoken holdouts issued a statement that changed everything. Or did it?

Slate  

Last week, the movement of “uncommitted” protest voters who withheld support from President Joe Biden over his administration’s continued support for Israel’s war in Gaza gave its firmest anti-Trump statement yet, leading many to wonder if the group had softened its stance toward Kamala Harris—or might even endorse Democrats. They are being skinned alive by the community, who are frustrated, …

Kamala Harris declares war on Trump's 'failed policies'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris declares war on Trump's 'failed policies'

Raw Story  

The first thing you should know about Kamala Harris’ big speech on economics on Wednesday is that it stood in diametric opposition to virtually everything Donald Trump has said about the economy. Harris never used the words “supply-side economics,” “neoliberalism” or “Reaganomics,” but they are clearly what she meant when she identified “the failed policies of the past.” “Over the …

Kamala Harris will struggle to beat Trump on the economy when she lacks a big idea
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris will struggle to beat Trump on the economy when she lacks a big idea

The Telegraph  

The big idea was that she would boost domestic manufacturing as a bulwark against cheap Chinese imports, with a focus on “the sectors that will define the next century”, including biomanufacturing, semiconductors and aerospace engineering. The hope from Ms Harris’s coterie of economic advisers, many of whom were inherited from Mr Biden’s campaign, is that a focus on factory production …

Rejecting Trump's 'failed trickle-down' policies, 400+ economic experts endorse Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rejecting Trump's 'failed trickle-down' policies, 400+ economic experts endorse Harris

Raw Story  

Several progressive economists were among more than 400 policy experts who signed onto an endorsement of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate's proposals for an "opportunity economy" would improve the financial well-being of families across the country. Stony Brook University professor Stephanie Kelton, a leading proponent of modern monetary theory; Center for Economic …

Column: How can millions of voters still be undecided between Trump and Harris? Here are their reasons
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: How can millions of voters still be undecided between Trump and Harris? Here are their reasons

LA Times  

Members of San Francisco’s Republican Party watch the Tuesday night presidential debate from a pub in the city. In a focus group of swing voters, Faith said she disliked Trump for the reasons she turned against him four years ago — “the bullying and the arrogance” — but that she wasn’t sure what she thought about Kamala Harris. “They’re looking …

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump polls: The Democrat’s campaign needs a shake-up after the debate.
4 months ago

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump polls: The Democrat’s campaign needs a shake-up after the debate.

Slate  

In the fourth season of the HBO comedy Veep, Selina Meyer, the titular character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, runs for reelection after having been elevated to the top office following the president’s resignation. For roughly a month following President Joe Biden’s departure from the race, Harris was able to consolidate the Democratic base and even opened up a small lead …

Opinion: This could be Kamala Harris’ Achilles’ heel with crucial undecided voters
4 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: This could be Kamala Harris’ Achilles’ heel with crucial undecided voters

LA Times  

Kamala Harris has had a strong start to her presidential campaign, but the remaining weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election will be closely contested and Harris faces real obstacles. It’s policy, therefore, that could prove to be the Achilles’ heel in Harris’ efforts to keep Trump from a second term. In her first extensive media interview since becoming …

Harris campaign hits back at Trump's 'unhinged' plan to empower police for deportations
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Harris campaign hits back at Trump's 'unhinged' plan to empower police for deportations

Raw Story  

Kamala Harris' campaign hit back at her Republican opponent on Tuesday night, slamming his latest "unhinged policy" of seeking to empower local police officers to carry out his plan for mass deportations. In a statement shared on the social media app X, the Harris-Walz campaign jabbed Donald Trump, noting it's been more than 10 days since he visited a battleground …

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