{"id":2324889,"date":"2024-08-15T07:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-weighs-how-closely-to-embrace-biden-agenda-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T07:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:28:16","slug":"harris-weighs-how-closely-to-embrace-biden-agenda-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-weighs-how-closely-to-embrace-biden-agenda-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris weighs how closely to embrace Biden agenda &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-weighs-how-closely-to-embrace-biden-agenda-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324889&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 article discusses \u200bVice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s strategic approach\u200d to her\u2064 2024 presidential\u200d campaign, focusing on how she aims to\u200b balance\u200c her\u200b connection \u2064to President Joe Biden while also establishing her own identity as a candidate. \u2064As she navigates this challenge, Harris is keen to highlight their administration&#8217;s accomplishments while advocating for bipartisan policies that have yet to \u2064be realized, such as immigration reform and the permanent extension \u200bof the\u2064 expanded child \u200dtax credit.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being from the same administration, Harris has opted\u2064 to keep \u200dBiden at a distance in\u200d the early stages of\u200d her campaign to strengthen her independent image. She will, however, appear\u2064 alongside him for a joint event that will discuss the \u200badministration\u2019s efforts to lower costs \u2062for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden has retreated from the campaign scene post his\u2063 presidential withdrawal, he has given Harris increased visibility during official events. Harris\u2019s campaign aims to create \u200ca \u2063narrative that distinguishes her from Biden, as polls\u200c show him facing challenges over his \u2062economic management. In this context, some Democratic strategists \u200dsuggest that distancing herself from Biden could be crucial for her campaign, even if\u2062 it means taking tough positions.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Harris has not yet outlined\u200c a \u200bconcrete policy agenda, but she is scheduled to deliver \u2064a significant \u2062speech detailing her plans to address middle-class\u2062 challenges. Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to leverage Biden&#8217;s record to undermine her campaign by\u2063 blaming her \u200cfor economic issues\u2063 and border \u2063conditions experienced during his presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris weighs how closely to embrace Biden agenda<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730868\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is juggling a difficult task almost a month into her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 run<\/a>: keeping President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> far enough away to establish her independence while taking credit for the shared accomplishments of their administration.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will continue to push for bipartisan policies yet to be realized from the Biden agenda, her campaign has stressed, including signing a failed Senate immigration deal into law and making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-signature-domestic-policy-achievement-senate-dems-urge-biden-to-make-the-expanded-child-tax-credit-permanent\/\" title=\"\u2018A Signature Domestic Policy Achievement\u2019: Senate Dems Urge Biden To Make The Expanded Child Tax Credit Permanent\">expanded child tax credit permanent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, she has touted the defining policy achievements of Biden&rsquo;s first term to frame herself as a consensus-building candidate.<\/p>\n<p>But Harris has also made a choice to keep Biden scarce in the early weeks of her run for president.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will appear alongside Biden on Thursday, when the two deliver joint remarks in Maryland about the administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;progress&rdquo; on lowering costs for voters. But it is the first time they will campaign together since he exited the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>The president himself has suggested that, in terms of hitting the stump, he will do whatever the Harris campaign asks of him and told reporters he plans to make stops in his home state of Pennsylvania. However, multiple Democratic strategists had previously told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that Biden can help Harris the most by simply keeping out of sight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She is attempting to establish her own brand as a presidential candidate, a task that is easier if Biden does not share the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has held fewer official events since withdrawing from the presidential race, and for those he has held, he&rsquo;s given Harris a more prominent role. She joined him in welcoming home three Americans held captive in Russia on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews and, before that, had a separate meeting from Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>The moves were seen as raising her profile as she auditions for the Oval Office Biden now occupies. But a pair of veteran Democratic operatives with close relationships with the Harris campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;on Thursday that Harris may at times need to create daylight between herself and Biden, even if it means &ldquo;throwing the president under the bus&rdquo; to an extent.<\/p>\n<p>Biden faces low marks on the economy, while he overcame pockets of resistance in his campaign for a second term from voters upset over his handling of the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t time to play nice. We all know the stakes of this election, and I have confidence that Vice President Harris will do whatever it takes to win,&rdquo; one strategist said. &ldquo;President Biden knows there&rsquo;s no room for hurt feelings here, and he wouldn&rsquo;t have withdrawn from the race if he didn&rsquo;t know the vice president presented the best chance of stopping Trump again in November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president is a tough guy. Just look at how much abuse he&rsquo;s taken from Republicans and the media over the past four years,&rdquo; the second strategist added. &ldquo;Nothing Vice President Harris will do on the campaign trail can compare to that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s event will focus on the Biden administration&rsquo;s efforts to take on &ldquo;Big Pharma&rdquo; and lower healthcare costs for households. Biden is expected to announce the 10 drugs selected for Medicare&rsquo;s new drug price negotiation process, made possible by Biden&rsquo;s Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p>His statement ahead of the announcement specifically mentions Harris&rsquo;s role in casting the tiebreaking vote in the Senate on the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This historic milestone is only possible because of the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed with the leadership of Democrats in Congress, and with Vice President Harris casting the tie-breaking vote in the Senate &mdash; without a single Republican voting for it,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Harris similarly noted her vote on the legislation in a separate, lengthier statement, but she has also reached back to her career in California politics to pitch herself to voters. She highlighted settlements she reached with pharmaceutical companies during her time as the state&rsquo;s attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has faced criticism for not laying out a concrete agenda since announcing her run for president. But she is slated to expand on those ideas in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, where she&rsquo;ll deliver her first policy-focused speech of the cycle. Campaign officials say those remarks will outline &ldquo;her plan to lower costs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-gamestop-saga-shows-system-is-not-the-capitalism-we-were-promised-not-even-close\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: GameStop Saga Shows System Is &#039;Not the Capitalism We Were Promised -- Not Even Close&#039;\">middle-class families<\/a> and take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-blames-vladimir-putin-for-record-high-inflation\/\" title=\"President Biden Blames Vladimir Putin For Record-High Inflation\">corporate price-gouging<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House, for its part, sidestepped the question of whether Harris will try to put distance between herself and Biden&rsquo;s economic agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One&nbsp;thing that I can &mdash; that I know for sure,&rdquo; said White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre, &ldquo;is that this president, this vice president, are fighting very hard to make sure that the middle class is stronger.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You guys have called it Bidenomics. We talk about how the president is trying to put forward&nbsp;an economic policy, building the economy from the bottom up, middle out that does not leave behind the middle class and make sure it has equity at the center of it,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre continued. &ldquo;MAGA-nomics, which is very different, which is something that neither of them believe in, wants to do the opposite of what we&rsquo;re trying to do on behalf of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have campaigned, in part, by tying Harris to the record of Biden. They are betting they can hobble her campaign by blaming her for inflation and the record influx of migrants at the southern border seen under his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Still, they view her record apart from Biden as a liability all its own. They have emphasized ideas she espoused during her 2020 run for president, including her support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-health-nominee-mum-on-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"Biden Health Nominee Mum On Taxpayer Funded Abortion\">decriminalizing illegal border crossings<\/a> and a ban on fracking.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has since walked back many of her prior policy stances.<\/p>\n<p>The race will ultimately hinge on whether Republicans can successfully define her, but so far, she has seen a polling surge amid a wave of Democratic enthusiasm with Biden gone from the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Before exiting the race in late July, Biden trailed former President Donald Trump by more than 3 percentage points in the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average. Now Harris has erased that deficit and leads the former president by a point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Harris has fundamentally reset the race in critical battlegrounds, all of which Trump was leading in or tied in a head-to-head matchup with Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, Harris leads her opponent in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump still maintains a 3-point advantage in Nevada, and the pair are tied in Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730868\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730868\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is navigating a challenging situation nearly a month into her 2024 campaign. She aims to maintain enough distance from President Joe Biden to assert her independence while also acknowledging their administration&#8217;s joint achievements. Her campaign emphasizes the need for bipartisan initiatives that have yet to be realized from Biden&#8217;s agenda, such as enacting a previously failed Senate immigration bill and making the expanded child tax credit permanent. Simultaneously, she highlights key policy successes from Biden\u2019s first term to position herself as a candidate who can build consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Harris has opted to limit Biden&#8217;s presence during the early stages of her presidential bid. They are scheduled to appear together on Thursday in Maryland, where they will discuss the administration\u2019s efforts in reducing costs for voters\u2014marking their first joint campaign appearance since he withdrew from the race. Biden has indicated his willingness to support Harris by campaigning in Pennsylvania but multiple Democratic strategists have suggested that his absence might actually benefit her more.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is working on establishing her own identity as a presidential candidate, which becomes easier when she isn\u2019t sharing the spotlight with Biden. Since stepping back from his campaign, he has participated in fewer public events and given Harris more visibility at those he does attend. For instance, she joined him in welcoming home three Americans released from captivity in Russia and met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Some veteran Democratic operatives close to Harris believe that at times she may need to create some distance between herself and Biden\u2014even if it means criticizing him slightly\u2014especially given his low approval ratings regarding economic issues and voter dissatisfaction over his handling of international conflicts like the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming event will focus on healthcare costs and efforts against &#8220;Big Pharma,&#8221; with an announcement about Medicare drug price negotiations stemming from legislation supported by both leaders. While both have acknowledged each other&#8217;s roles in passing significant legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, Harris is also drawing upon her past experiences as California Attorney General when addressing voters.<\/p>\n<p>Although facing criticism for not presenting a clear agenda since launching her campaign, she plans to outline specific policies aimed at reducing costs for middle-class families during an upcoming speech in Raleigh, North Carolina. The White House refrained from commenting directly on whether Harris would seek distance from Biden\u2019s economic policies but emphasized their shared commitment towards strengthening middle-class America.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are attempting to link Harris closely with Biden&#8217;s record while highlighting issues such as inflation and immigration under his presidency; however, they also see potential vulnerabilities based on some of her previous positions during her 2020 run for president which she has since moderated.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, how effectively Republicans can define Harris will play a crucial role moving forward; however, recent polling indicates that following Biden\u2019s exit from the race there has been renewed enthusiasm among Democrats leading to improved standings for Harris against former President Donald Trump across several key battleground states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2324890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-sidelining-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3815,3620,4021,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2324889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-agenda","tag-biden","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-sidelining-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}