As some polls suggest a ‘generic Democrat’ could defeat the former president in November, Ms. Harris may be the only one who can plausibly take up this mantle in time to win
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 1. Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden’s ended his reelection bid.Kamala Harris has not been very visible during the past 3½ years, as is often the case with U.S. vice-presidents. Despite a robust set of responsibilities, she rarely makes front-page news.
In other words, if you erase voter concern about Mr. Biden’s appearance of advancing age and incomprehensibility, and replace him with any Democrat who doesn’t have those liabilities, you probably have a winning candidate.And Ms. Harris is the only person who can plausibly put on this “generic Democrat” T-shirt in time to win the election. In an imaginary world where, there is no way the Democrats can wait a month to field their presidential candidate.
As a figure seen as somewhat to the right of Mr. Biden, as a former tough-on-crime prosecutor and California attorney-general with little interest in the very online identity-politics issues derided by Republicans as “woke,” she has strong prospects with moderate Republican and independent voters. She also lacks some of Mr. Biden’s liabilities: She does not share his polarized stand on the Israel-Hamas war, which has driven away younger voters in important states such as Michigan.
But big majorities voted for a Black president, Barack Obama, twice in 2008 and 2012. A majority voted for a female candidate, Hillary Clinton, in 2016. This suggests that most Americans, except those deeply tied to Mr. Trump’s candidacy, have no problems with Ms. Harris’s identity.
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