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In reply to the discussion: Hilary Clinton has stated that Biden is to blame for the election of Trump and that his legacy will never recover. [View all]MichMan
(17,644 posts)Lots of momentum after the convention, as it was the general consensus after the debate that Biden wasn't likely to win, so Harris was a jolt of energy for the base, because there was now new hope.
Harris didn't give interviews to the press until a few weeks into the campaign, even though the timeline was short to begin with. In spite of her having an impressive resume as a VP and Senator, her ads went back three jobs ago and mainly focused on her being a successful prosecutor. Lots of missed opportunities to remind the voters the breadth of her qualifications.
They had a pretty substantial amount of money, with $1.5 billion, but IMO didn't spend it very effectively. Too many high paid consultants on the payroll, and a reliance on big glitzy rallies with paid celebrities. Trump got more PR from the McDonalds and garbage truck stunts, that were essentially free, then Harris did from any of her big rallies with Beyonce or Springsteen.
Finally, who would have expected that a softball question, on the View, no less !, would result in her saying there was nothing she would do different than Joe Biden. Knowing that his favorability wasn't polling very high, as his VP, her campaign had to know that question was going to be asked, and should have prepared her with an acceptable answer. Total failure there with her campaign staff IMO