Staff Reports
Vice President Kamala Harris is dialing down her association with President Joe Biden as she attempts to reinvent herself as a beacon of change, a role that seems to be inching farther away with congressional elections approaching. Reportedly, she’s busy blitzing the country siding with an eclectic mix of political figures, ranging from former President Barack Obama to the ever-controversial Liz Cheney, while Biden reportedly takes a backseat—presumably still trying to remember where he parked the car.
Behind the scenes, Harris campaign officials emphasize that Biden will, in fact, be “doing his job as president,” suggesting that not much job has been left for the vice president to showcase—unless juggling the occasional gaffe counts as showcasing. The message is seemingly clear: Harris must shake off the shadows of the current administration, and that means minimizing the presence of the leader of the party. While Biden’s campaign support for Harris has already been a nonexistent blip on the radar, this latest development puts an entertaining twist on the “team player” narrative Democrats love to promote.
🚨Biden tells Obama in this newly released clip about Harris that "she's not as strong as me" and Obama responds, “that's true.”
It’s over pic.twitter.com/2nJq6VPOqn
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) October 17, 2024
Voter sentiment shows a notable dissatisfaction with the Biden administration’s handling of pressing issues like the economy and immigration. Harris, who has been tethered to Biden’s hip as vice president for nearly four years, appears to be wading through a minefield of her own making. Becoming an agent of real change while still tethered to the unpopular incumbent feels whimsical at best—especially when the jury’s out on what she’s actually running from or towards.
The dilemma is compounded when someone like Fox News anchor Bret Baier steps into the ring. In a recent segment, he challenged Harris directly about her claims of being an agent of change, bringing up her near four years in office under Biden’s wing. Harris, in a classic political maneuver, shifted the dialogue by focusing her firepower on the ever-popular figure of Donald Trump, claiming he embodied the divisive rhetoric of the past. But alas, the transparency of Harris’s strategy is as thin as her chances of winning over eager voters searching for something, anything new.
Back in the Republican corner, Sen. J.D. Vance has seized the opportunity to remind audiences that if Harris has grand ideals for the middle class, she has exactly zero excuse to wait for a promotion to start acting on them. The rationale is simple; if she couldn’t deliver over her longstanding tenure, what makes voters think she’ll suddenly change her stripes moving forward? Harris assures the masses that her envisioned presidency won’t resemble Biden’s tenure — which just so happens to be the Achilles’ heel of her platform, contradicting the very role she has played for years.
During a rare moment of crossover campaigning, Biden elaborated on the notion that every president must carve their own path, noting his own loyalty to Obama while simultaneously ensuring he spots an alternate route. But the looming question remains: can he really be so confident while peddling his loyal underling as a harbinger of new beginnings? In a political landscape where voters are increasingly savvy, the dance of disassociation might just prove to be no more than a poorly executed two-step.
