The best day of Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign was its first.
In that speech, delivered in January 2019, Ms. Harris owned her record as a prosecutor, told personal stories about the impact of her family and multicultural upbringing, and struck fear in the heart of her Democratic rivals.
The argument for her candidacy at the time was similar to the arguments that voters and political analysts are making in her favor right now.
Mr. Biden had the experience, Ms. Warren had the policy, and Senator Bernie Sanders had the progressive appeal — but Ms. Harris was the candidate who could theoretically do all the above.
It did not matter that in that crowded primary contest, few voters said she was their first choice.
Persons:
Kamala Harris’s, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Harris, Biden, Warren, Bernie Sanders
Organizations:
CNN, Democratic
Locations:
savaged, Oakland, Calif