{"id":2359242,"date":"2024-10-24T19:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T23:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-about-kamala-harris-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T23:35:09","slug":"top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-about-kamala-harris-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-about-kamala-harris-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Obama Advisor David Axelrod Sounds Alarm About Kamala Harris&#8217; Town Hall Performance: &#8216;Word Salad City&#8217;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ftop-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-about-kamala-harris-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city%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=2359242&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent discussion highlights criticism directed<\/a> \u2064at Vice President Kamala Harris from both opponents and members of her own Democratic Party during a\u200d crucial campaign period. Though she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-eric-adams-insinuates-new-yorkers-criticizing-him-are-racist-compares-himself-to-jesus\/\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams suggests that those who criticize him in New York are racist and compares himself to Jesus\">faced significant \u2062criticism<\/a>, especially from the Republican Party\u2062 and some voters since assuming the presidency in July, Harris had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-bill-gates-partner-to-provide-millions-for-digital-gender-equality-in-africa\/\" title=\"U.S. And Bill Gates Partner To Provide Millions For \u2018Digital Gender Equality\u2019 In Africa\">previously received support<\/a> from fellow Democrats. \u2062However, following a particularly challenging media \u200ccampaign, even some Democratic figures felt\u2064 compelled\u2062 to speak\u2063 out against her. David Axelrod, a prominent Democratic strategist, provided an\u200d assessment of Harris&#8217;s performance during a CNN town hall, where he offered both praise and criticism. He noted her strong opening but criticized\u200d her tendency to provide evasive,\u200c lengthy responses that often did \u2063not address questions\u2064 directly\u2014referring to her style \u200cas &#8220;word salad.&#8221; Axelrod expressed concern over her lack of accountability regarding immigration issues and suggested \u200cthat she missed opportunities to connect more \u200cwith the audience. This analysis comes \u2064at a time when \u200dnational polling indicates that former President Donald Trump is regaining an advantage over Harris, intensifying scrutiny of her campaign effectiveness.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even when praising her, Democrat figureheads are finding plenty to criticize about Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, with less than two weeks until a critical election.<\/p>\n<p>While Harris has had plenty of critics from both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-files-fec-complaint-kamalas-foreign-election-interference-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> Party and from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-not-black-voters-give-absolutely-brutal-opinions-kamala-msnbc-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voters<\/a> since taking over for incumbent President Joe Biden in late July, she had generally been shielded from the barbs of her fellow Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>(If anything, it appears her &ldquo;Democrat&rdquo; critics would sooner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shame-longtime-senator-refuses-back-kamala-slams-radical-plan-pass-abortion-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ditch the party<\/a> altogether.)<\/p>\n<p>But after a torrid &mdash; and, according to her critics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-hit-major-backlash-appearance-debaucherous-sex-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horrid<\/a> &mdash; media blitz over the last few weeks, it seems even the Democrats need to criticize some of the warts of the Harris campaign.<\/p>\n<p>One such critic emerged on the usually-friendly airwaves of CNN, and that was one of the architects of former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s successful election campaigns: David Axelrod.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The 69-year-old political consultant and strategist analyzed Harris&rsquo;s performance during a Wednesday night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/made-many-mistakes-kamala-harris-resorts-word-salad-asked-big-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">town hall<\/a> event with Anderson Cooper. He did offer some praise for the de facto leader of the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>But after offering his platitudes, Axelrod offered a more biting criticism when pressed on Harris&rsquo;s overall performance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I think it was a mixed night, OK?&rdquo; Axelrod began. &ldquo;I think she was very strong coming out of the gate, and she obviously came with a purpose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Must-watch moments and analysis of Harris&rsquo;s CNN town hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3yRr0xFZZs?start=1805&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The former political advisor then lauded Harris for attacking her chief political rival and Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, on a number of issues, including alleged quotes about admiring Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s generals, which appear to have been largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mainstream-medias-new-trump-hit-piece-immediately-falls-apart-source-steps-forward-says-reporter-outright-lied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discredited<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod also gave Harris points for hitting on the topic of abortion in a way that her base will certainly eat up.<\/p>\n<p>But Axelrod also couldn&rsquo;t help but notice that one of Harris&rsquo; most common criticisms &mdash; her propensity for &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-asked-point-blank-biden-agenda-hasnt-accomplished-4-years-circular-word-salad-ensues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">word salads<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; reared its ugly head during the Wednesday night event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The things that would concern me is when she doesn&rsquo;t want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to &lsquo;Word Salad City,&rsquo; and she did that on a couple of answers,&rdquo; Axelrod explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat strategist offered one example in which Cooper asked Harris whether she thought she could handle the Israel-Hamas conflict better than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of answering that yes-or-no question, Harris, as Axelrod described, responded with &ldquo;a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod also criticized Harris&rsquo;s steadfast refusal to take any responsibility or accountability with regard to the illegal immigration crisis that occurred under the watch of Harris and incumbent President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity, because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration&rsquo;s policies,&rdquo; Axelrod said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sometimes you have to concede things, and she didn&rsquo;t concede much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod wasn&rsquo;t done.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You do want to relate to the people in front of you,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t do a lot of that. She didn&rsquo;t ask them questions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She didn&rsquo;t address them particularly, so she was giving set pieces too much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod&rsquo;s concerns are not completely unfounded, as Trump has recently retaken the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-takes-national-polling-lead-voters-think-back-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national polling advantage<\/a> over Harris.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Since stepping in for President Joe Biden in late July, Harris has faced criticism from both Republicans and voters. Although she has generally been protected from attacks by fellow Democrats, recent media scrutiny has prompted some of them to voice concerns about her campaign. One notable critic is David Axelrod, a key strategist behind Barack Obama\u2019s successful campaigns. During a town hall with Anderson Cooper, Axelrod acknowledged some strengths in Harris&#8217;s performance but also pointed out significant weaknesses. He noted her tendency to give lengthy and unrelated responses when asked direct questions and criticized her lack of accountability regarding immigration issues under the current administration. Axelrod emphasized that connecting with the audience was essential but felt that Harris missed opportunities to engage effectively during the event. His critiques come as Trump regains an edge in national polling over Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2359243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/David-Axelrod.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34750,32438,5315],"class_list":["post-2359242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-david-axelrod","tag-kamala-harris","tag-obama"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/David-Axelrod.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359242","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}