{"id":2337696,"date":"2024-09-06T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-strategy-win-first-answer-questions-later-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T07:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T11:18:38","slug":"harris-campaign-strategy-win-first-answer-questions-later-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-strategy-win-first-answer-questions-later-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign strategy: Win first, answer questions later &#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-campaign-strategy-win-first-answer-questions-later-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=2337696&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 article\u200c discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-harris-has-big-liberal-energy-patching-things-up-with-progressives-and-bob-good-puts-his-money-on-the-line-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Harris has big \u2018liberal\u2019 energy, patching things up with progressives, and Bob Good puts his money on the line - Washington Examiner\">current campaign strategy<\/a> of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2063 as she prepares for \u2063her presidential run. Harris&#8217;s spokesman, Ian Sams, emphasized a &#8220;win first, \u2063answer \u2063questions later&#8221; approach, focusing on \u200dthe need to win the upcoming election rather than reflecting on past controversies or failures during the Biden administration. The article highlights the challenges faced by Harris, particularly regarding voter sentiment, as \u200cpolling indicates that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a> are leaning more towards her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. \u200bDespite this, Sams insists that the campaign&#8217;s priority is to secure \u2063victory, rather\u2062 than engage in \u200ddiscussions about the existing political \u200blandscape or the Biden-Harris record.\u200c The\u200d approach has garnered scrutiny, with questions arising about how \u2062Harris&#8217;s policies differentiate from\u200b previous Democratic strategies, especially given the party&#8217;s long-standing control\u200c over the White House and Congress.  <\/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 campaign strategy: Win first, answer questions later<\/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_1746044\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A top spokesman for Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s presidential campaign laid bare her strategy for dealing with her and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s record: Just win, baby.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have time to sit around and think about why, over the last few years, certain things may have happened or may not have happened,&rdquo; Ian Sams, who was previously an attack dog for Biden, told CNN on Thursday morning. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to go win an election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sams had been laying out Harris&rsquo;s plans and contrasting them with those of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, her Republican opponent. He said more than once what Harris was proposing was &ldquo;new&rdquo; and &ldquo;really different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really different. OK,&rdquo; CNN&rsquo;s Kasie Hunt pressed him at one point. &ldquo;Can you &mdash; wait, can you tell me what is really different? I got the capital gains rate, but what else on the list makes it really different from what was going on the past few years?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hunt tried again. &ldquo;But she&rsquo;s been part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a>,&rdquo; she said of Harris. &ldquo;I mean she has been part of the Democratic &mdash; Democrats have been in control of the country for the last three going on four years, and you are still seeing this [economic anxiety] in the polling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Democrats have held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> for 12 of the last 16 years. They have controlled at least one house of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> for half of Trump&rsquo;s term and all of Biden&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, these working-class voters are telling us right now that more of them are with Donald Trump than Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Hunt continued. &ldquo;Why &mdash; what is it about what you guys have been doing for the last three-plus years that explains that?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so, you know, I understand the pundit class wants to sit around and maybe have these conversations,&rdquo; Sams shot back. &ldquo;But at the end of the day, this is a campaign. And we&rsquo;re running to win. And she&rsquo;s running to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is no time to dwell on the Biden-Harris record, he said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got 60 days until the election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The quote is reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitt-romney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitt Romney<\/a>&rsquo;s comment during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-white-houses-advocacy-tiktok-campaign-was-actually-a-democratic-front-the-entire-time\/\" title=\"The White House\u2019s \u2018Advocacy\u2019 TikTok Campaign Was Actually A Democratic Front The Entire Time\">2012 presidential campaign<\/a> about accidentally hiring a worker with falsified documents: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m running for office, for Pete&rsquo;s sake. I can&rsquo;t have illegals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And of course, Harris&rsquo;s go-to line about what can be, unburdened by what has been.<\/p>\n<p>Before Harris and her running mate Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) during their first sitdown media interview &mdash; on CNN, as it happened &mdash;&nbsp;there were plenty of allies saying their focus should be on winning, not answering questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico&rsquo;s<\/em> Jonathan Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jmart\/status\/1828106545072349196\">dismissed<\/a> &ldquo;the righty fixation&rdquo; with Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;lack of access&rdquo; as &ldquo;cover&rdquo; for conservatives&rsquo; &ldquo;actual frustration&rdquo;: They are &ldquo;stuck w[ith] a candidate incapable of driving a message after the other guys yanked off the band-aid and dumped their guy who couldn&rsquo;t drive a message.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think, it&rsquo;s all about winning the f***ing election,&rdquo; filmmaker Quentin Tarantino told Bill Maher. &ldquo;The easiest path to winning the election is &hellip; look, you can talk about maybe she should have had more guts about this or that or the other, but we&rsquo;re the f***ing president. And Trump&rsquo;s not the president, and we&rsquo;re the f***ing president, and now it&rsquo;s going to be about this. This is about f***ing winning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Campaigns are of course about winning. Elections are about the future more than the past. But just as Trump is going to be judged by his first term as president and his near decade in national politics, Harris has to answer for her record and explain her once and future policy positions.<\/p>\n<p>You can paraphrase Biden as saying, &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t love your democracy only when you win.&rdquo; Or you can directly quote the legendary UCLA football coach Henry Russell Sanders: &ldquo;Winning isn&rsquo;t everything. It&rsquo;s the only thing.&rdquo;<\/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_1746044\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746044\"}});<\/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 campaign approach: Focus on winning first, address concerns later A senior spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign revealed her strategy regarding her and President Joe Biden&#8217;s track record: the priority is to win. Ian Sams, who previously served as a strong advocate for Biden, stated during a CNN interview that there isn&#8217;t time to reflect on past events or their implications. &#8220;We need to focus on winning the election,&#8221; he emphasized. Sams outlined Harris&#8217;s proposals while contrasting them with those of former President Donald Trump, her Republican rival, repeatedly asserting that what Harris offers is &#8220;new&#8221; and &#8220;truly different.&#8221; When pressed by CNN\u2019s Kasie Hunt for specifics about what makes it different from previous years\u2014beyond changes like capital gains tax rates\u2014Sams maintained that they are focused on the campaign rather than past Democratic governance. Hunt pointed out that many working-class voters currently favor Trump over Harris and questioned how their administration\u2019s actions over the last few years could explain this shift in support. In response, Sams acknowledged the desire for analysis but reiterated that their main goal is victory in the upcoming election with only 60 days remaining. This sentiment echoes Mitt Romney\u2019s remark during his 2012 campaign about prioritizing electoral success over other considerations. Allies of Harris have also suggested focusing solely on winning rather than addressing criticisms directly. Political commentators have noted conservatives&#8217; frustrations with Harris&#8217;s perceived lack of accessibility as a distraction from their own messaging challenges following Trump&#8217;s departure from office. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino expressed similar sentiments about prioritizing electoral success above all else in discussions about leadership and policy positions moving forward; however, both Trump and Harris will ultimately be evaluated based on their respective records in office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2337697,"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\/Kamala_Harris_Policies_ffg1876.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,35835,4021,33017,32076],"class_list":["post-2337696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-campaign-strategy","tag-harris","tag-political-analysis","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamala_Harris_Policies_ffg1876.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337696","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}