{"id":2336228,"date":"2024-09-03T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-plan-to-address-economy-still-shrouded-in-mystery-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T20:18:33","slug":"harriss-plan-to-address-economy-still-shrouded-in-mystery-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-plan-to-address-economy-still-shrouded-in-mystery-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris\u2019s plan to address economy still shrouded in mystery: Sarah Bedford &#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\">28<\/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%2Fharriss-plan-to-address-economy-still-shrouded-in-mystery-sarah-bedford-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=2336228&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>In a recent article by Sarah Bedford for the Washington Examiner, Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s\u200d plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-massive-move-that-may-help-chances-against-trump-aims-at-lowering-gas-prices-after-big-decision\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Bold Move to Boost Chances Against Trump: Focus on Lowering Gas Prices\">tackle economic concerns<\/a>, such as inflation, \u2063remain unclear\u2064 as she\u200d campaigns for\u2064 the 2024 presidential election. Bedford\u200c notes that Harris\u2063 is\u200b being positioned\u2062 as a centrist, aiming to avoid the mistakes of the Biden administration while claiming her core \u200cvalues have not\u200d changed. However, during her first\u200b interview as \u2063a Democratic presidential candidate, Harris did not articulate any specific economic strategies, instead attributing economic issues to \u2062the pandemic. Bedford\u2063 suggests that one reason for Harris&#8217;s reluctance to discuss economic policies may be\u2062 the negative perception voters have of the\u2063 Biden administration&#8217;s handling\u2063 of \u200cthe economy, especially \u2064amidst rising living\u200c costs. This association complicates her campaign as \u200bshe endorses Bidenomics yet \u2062faces criticism for economic conditions.  <\/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&rsquo;s plan to address economy still shrouded in mystery: Sarah Bedford<\/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_1744931\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Sarah Bedford said Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> plans to address concerns on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> are still unknown amid her quest to be &ldquo;all things to all people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign has been portraying the 2024 presidential candidate as a centrist on many matters who is &ldquo;not going to repeat&rdquo; the mistakes made by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a>. Meanwhile, Harris has said publicly that her values have not changed. She stated this most recently during her first sit-down interview on CNN last week since becoming the Democratic presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And all the while, we haven&rsquo;t really heard from the horse&rsquo;s mouth what any of her plans are when she was asked in the one interview that she&rsquo;s done since becoming the nominee why she hasn&rsquo;t tried to bring down prices or address economic anxieties, even though she&rsquo;s been in office for three and a half years, she blamed the pandemic, which most Americans have basically forgotten about at this point,&rdquo; Bedford said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Cavuto: Coast to Coast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2576928&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e9c05eb17d7345afb06b4f1a5c4d0489\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Part of the reason Harris has not discussed the economy, Bedford assessed, is because many voters blame the Biden administration for the high cost of living. Bedford cited how Harris is &ldquo;very closely&rdquo; associated with the administration&rsquo;s handling of the economy because she &ldquo;openly endorsed Bidenomics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One dilemma Harris faces with avoiding the economy is letting former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> &ldquo;define the conversation&rdquo; around this topic. Bedford added that most voters have &ldquo;pretty good memories&rdquo; of how things were during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Harris&rsquo;s sit-down interview, which was conducted with CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> said strengthening the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-smart-gop-lawmakers-should-handle-2025s-fiscal-cliff\/\" title=\"How Smart GOP Lawmakers Should Handle 2025&#039;s &#039;Fiscal Cliff&#039;\">middle class&#038;rdquo<\/a>; is a top priority for her. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3139436\/four-campaign-strategies-harris-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>she only detailed a general outline for her &ldquo;opportunity economy&rdquo; proposal<\/a>, prompting pollster Frank Luntz to call her answer &ldquo;essentially worthless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign then released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3141354\/harris-campaign-ad-trump-corporate-price-gouging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an ad knocking Trump for embracing policies<\/a> that will allegedly hurt the middle class. This ad, titled &ldquo;focused,&rdquo; is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-blasts-trump-over-corporate-price-gouging-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris campaign blasts Trump over corporate price gouging - Washington Examiner\">previous 0 million ad reservation<\/a> that is set to run from Labor Day to Election Day.<\/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_1744931\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1744931\"}});<\/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>Harris&#8217;s economic strategy remains unclear, according to Sarah Bedford of The Washington Examiner. Bedford noted that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s approach to tackling economic and inflation issues is still a mystery as she attempts to appeal broadly to various groups. Her campaign has positioned her as a centrist who aims not to repeat the Biden administration&#8217;s errors. Despite this, Harris has maintained that her core values remain unchanged, a point she reiterated during her recent CNN interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. When asked about her plans for reducing prices or addressing economic concerns after three and a half years in office, she attributed the challenges to the pandemic\u2014an explanation many Americans have largely moved past, according to Bedford on Fox Business\u2019s Cavuto: Coast to Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Bedford suggested that Harris\u2019s reluctance to discuss economic issues stems from widespread voter dissatisfaction with the Biden administration regarding rising living costs. She pointed out that Harris is closely linked with how the administration has managed the economy due to her support for &#8220;Bidenomics.&#8221; Additionally, by avoiding direct discussions about economic matters, Harris risks allowing former President Donald Trump to shape public discourse on this topic; voters have strong memories of conditions during Trump&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In her interview with CNN\u2019s Dana Bash, Harris emphasized strengthening the middle class as one of her main priorities but provided only vague details about her &#8220;opportunity economy&#8221; proposal. Pollster Frank Luntz criticized this response as &#8220;essentially worthless.&#8221; In response, Harris&#8217;s campaign released an advertisement targeting Trump for policies they claim would harm the middle class; this ad is part of a larger $370 million advertising effort scheduled from Labor Day through Election Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2336229,"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\/09\/Harris-on-Economy-scaled-1024x685.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9168,4021,4326,32964,32076],"class_list":["post-2336228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economy","tag-harris","tag-policy","tag-sarah-bedford","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris-on-Economy-scaled-1024x685.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336228","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}