{"id":2334363,"date":"2024-08-30T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-says-harris-passed-first-test-dont-think-she-moved-the-ball-that-much-forward-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:41:14","slug":"david-axelrod-says-harris-passed-first-test-dont-think-she-moved-the-ball-that-much-forward-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-says-harris-passed-first-test-dont-think-she-moved-the-ball-that-much-forward-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod says Harris passed \u2018first test\u2019: \u2018Don\u2019t think she moved the ball that much forward\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fdavid-axelrod-says-harris-passed-first-test-dont-think-she-moved-the-ball-that-much-forward-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=2334363&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>That while Vice President Kamala Harris performed adequately \u2063in \u200bher first \u200csit-down interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash, he \u200dfelt \u200cit did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">significantly enhance<\/a> her appeal\u2064 to voters. David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, praised certain aspects of her interview yet described it \u200bas not game-changing, stating, &#8220;I don\u2019t \u2064think she moved\u200d the ball that much forward, but she certainly didn\u2019t fall back.&#8221; With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governor-announces-swing-state-will-now-have-automatic-voter-registration\/\" title=\"Governor announces automatic voter registration in swing state.\">presidential election approaching<\/a> in under 70 days, Harris has received criticism for the delay in participating in interviews, particularly in contrast to her opponent Donald Trump, who has been actively engaging with various media. Some \u2064commentators, including filmmaker\u2064 Quentin Tarantino, advised her to avoid media interactions \u200dto maintain her campaign momentum.\u2063 Axelrod acknowledged that Harris passed her initial test regarding policy consistency,\u200d particularly \u2064in her responses about fracking.  <\/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\">David Axelrod says Harris passed &lsquo;first test&rsquo;: &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t think she moved the ball that much forward&rsquo;<\/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_1742153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Obama adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-axelrod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>David Axelrod<\/a> said Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> did well during her <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">40-minute sit-down interview with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;Dana <\/span>Bash but that the interview&nbsp;did not do much to win over voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Axelrod commended Harris for aspects of her interview, he said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t a &ldquo;huge night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think she moved the ball that much forward, but she certainly didn&rsquo;t fall back,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>With fewer than 70 days until the presidential election, Harris, with running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), gave her first sit-down news interview on Thursday. Meanwhile, her opponent, former President Donald Trump, gave several interviews in that time frame, including ones with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3129264\/trump-connects-younger-voters-theo-von\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-lot-of-words-jen-psaki-goes-after-kevin-mccarthys-agenda-following-marathon-speech\/\" title=\"\u2018A Lot Of Words\u2019: Jen Psaki Goes After Kevin McCarthy\u2019s \u2018Agenda\u2019 Following Marathon Speech\">pop culture figures<\/a> <\/a>such as Theo Von.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has faced criticism from Trump and political pundits&nbsp;for waiting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">long time<\/a> before doing a sit-down news interview. However, others, such as filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, encouraged Harris to continue dodging press interviews so as not to ruin her momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a mad f***ing dash, and she is running it,&rdquo; Tarantino said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s not stopping to stumble and &hellip; I&rsquo;m going to vote for her f***ing anyway, no matter what she says in the stupid f***ing interview, so don&rsquo;t f*** s*** up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By Axelrod&rsquo;s estimates, Harris passed her first test. When asked about her perceived policy changes, such as fracking, Axelrod said she was a &ldquo;good bridge&rdquo; in saying that her values have always been consistent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod also noted how Harris sought to create some distance from President Joe Biden by saying she was &ldquo;turning the page&rdquo; but also gave respect to what the administration has achieved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As she spoke, I thought it showed a certain character, the way she talked about Joe Biden,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t run away from him. She gave him, I think, his due. She understands there&rsquo;s some political risk to that. That actually was elevating to me in a way that I hadn&rsquo;t expected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump slammed Bash, the interviewer, on Truth Social, saying she gave &ldquo;weakly phrased questions&rdquo; and that Harris &ldquo;rambled incoherently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look so forward to Debating Comrade Comrade Kamala Harris and exposing her for the fraud she is,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Harris has changed every one of her long held positions, on everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4854831-harris-leading-trump-battleground-states-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Polling<\/a> released on Thursday showed Harris leading Trump in the seven battleground states by an average of 2 points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1742153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742153\"}});<\/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>David Axelrod, a former adviser to Obama, stated that Vice President Kamala Harris performed adequately in her 40-minute interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash, but he felt it didn&#8217;t significantly sway voters. Although he praised certain elements of her performance, he described the evening as not particularly impactful. &#8220;I don\u2019t think she advanced much, but she certainly didn\u2019t regress,&#8221; he remarked. With less than 70 days until the presidential election, Harris conducted her first major news interview alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN). In contrast, former President Donald Trump has participated in multiple interviews recently, including ones with popular figures like Theo Von. Harris has faced criticism for delaying her sit-down interview from both Trump and political analysts; however, some like filmmaker Quentin Tarantino have advised her to avoid too many press interactions to maintain momentum. &#8220;It\u2019s a mad dash and she is running it,&#8221; Tarantino said. &#8220;She\u2019s not stopping to stumble&#8230; I\u2019m going to vote for her regardless of what happens in the interview.&#8221; Axelrod believes Harris successfully navigated this initial challenge; when discussing perceived shifts in policy such as fracking, he noted that she effectively communicated consistency in her values. He also observed how she attempted to distinguish herself from President Joe Biden while still acknowledging his accomplishments: \u201cAs she spoke about Joe Biden&#8230; I found it unexpectedly elevating.\u201d Meanwhile, Trump criticized Bash on Truth Social for asking weak questions and claimed that Harris spoke incoherently. He expressed eagerness to debate Harris and accused her of changing all of her long-held positions on various issues. Recent polling indicated that Harris is leading Trump by an average of 2 points across seven key battleground states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2334364,"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\/Axelrod-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34750,39765,32438,33017,32076],"class_list":["post-2334363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-david-axelrod","tag-first-test","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-analysis","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Axelrod-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334363","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}