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"After decades in public life, at the age of 59, Kamala Harris is doing something that many younger, greener professionals lack the humility and discipline for. She’s growing, right before our eyes. She’s learning, in the nick of time. And her acceptance speech on Thursday night was a hopeful, heartening tribute to that education, the speed and thoroughness of which could determine whether this country is spared a second, ruinous dance with Donald Trump.
I used to get the sense that nerves flattened Harris’s effervescence and doubts obscured her luminescence. She has the gift of radiance, but she hasn’t always embraced it. She embraces it now. She walked to the microphone at center stage in Chicago with a smile as uncontainable as it was undeniable. That megawatt mien has become her superpower. And she has wised up enough to know and take full advantage of it.
She used to struggle somewhat to capture the emotion and mine the meaning of her life story. But she told it with naturalness and charm, dwelling on the most relatable details, including her mother’s advice. “She also taught us — and never do anything half-assed,” Harris said. “And that is a direct quote.”
...And she didn’t dwell on identity but repeatedly emphasized unity. That’s the right strategy for a general election in which voters in the middle may decide the winner. It’s the right prophylactic against Republicans’ casting of her as a “communist.” And it reflected another crucial difference between the Harris of the past and the Harris of the present. The new version has improved judgment. There’s no overstating how much rides on that.
...(Her speech) reflected another crucial difference between the Harris of the past and the Harris of the present. The new version has improved judgment. There’s no overstating how much rides on that."
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Yeah, I think Harris struggled in the past to play to her strengths: her radiance, as he says and the emotion of her life story. Democrats have been concerned about her judgement. All that seems to have changed and she is generating enthusiasm. And that's what wins elections.
I used to get the sense that nerves flattened Harris’s effervescence and doubts obscured her luminescence. She has the gift of radiance, but she hasn’t always embraced it. She embraces it now. She walked to the microphone at center stage in Chicago with a smile as uncontainable as it was undeniable. That megawatt mien has become her superpower. And she has wised up enough to know and take full advantage of it.
She used to struggle somewhat to capture the emotion and mine the meaning of her life story. But she told it with naturalness and charm, dwelling on the most relatable details, including her mother’s advice. “She also taught us — and never do anything half-assed,” Harris said. “And that is a direct quote.”
...And she didn’t dwell on identity but repeatedly emphasized unity. That’s the right strategy for a general election in which voters in the middle may decide the winner. It’s the right prophylactic against Republicans’ casting of her as a “communist.” And it reflected another crucial difference between the Harris of the past and the Harris of the present. The new version has improved judgment. There’s no overstating how much rides on that.
...(Her speech) reflected another crucial difference between the Harris of the past and the Harris of the present. The new version has improved judgment. There’s no overstating how much rides on that."
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Yeah, I think Harris struggled in the past to play to her strengths: her radiance, as he says and the emotion of her life story. Democrats have been concerned about her judgement. All that seems to have changed and she is generating enthusiasm. And that's what wins elections.
