{"id":2364174,"date":"2024-11-05T06:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-looks-to-bring-unprecedented-campaign-to-historic-conclusion\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T06:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T11:48:56","slug":"harris-looks-to-bring-unprecedented-campaign-to-historic-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-looks-to-bring-unprecedented-campaign-to-historic-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris looks to bring unprecedented campaign to historic conclusion"},"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\">18<\/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-looks-to-bring-unprecedented-campaign-to-historic-conclusion%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=2364174&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 discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s historic presidential campaign, in which she could become the \u2064first Black, South Asian woman president in the United States. Many Democrats embraced her candidacy following President Biden&#8217;s decision not to seek reelection, citing concerns about his age and mental acuity. Harris quickly consolidated support among party members and raised over $1 billion\u200c in \u2063funding.<\/p>\n<p>Some voters are \u2062hopeful about the potential \u200dfor a Harris presidency, viewing her campaign as a significant milestone for diversity and representation in U.S. politics. Many express\u200c concern for women&#8217;s reproductive rights and rights\u2064 for marginalized communities, reflecting fears about a possible conservative shift if Trump were \u2064to win. However, \u2064her campaign is also met with skepticism from Republican voters who prioritize policy merit over identity.<\/p>\n<p>As her\u200d campaign progresses, there is an ongoing\u200d dialogue about her history-making potential and the pressures \u2064that come with it, with \u200bsupporters noting\u200d the importance of achieving progress beyond just electing a\u200c woman. Harris&#8217;s quick rise to the forefront of the Democratic ticket is contrasted with the challenges she\u200b may face if elected, underlining \u2063the difficulties of governance regardless of historical significance.  <\/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 eyes history: Upstart campaign ends with race too close to call<\/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_1871029\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PHILADELPHIA &mdash;<\/strong> Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> says her mother once told her that she may be the first &ldquo;to do many things,&rdquo; but she should make sure she is &ldquo;not the last.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">polls close <\/a>on Tuesday, Harris, 60, could become the country&rsquo;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/african-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">black<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/asian-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Asian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">woman<\/a> president, a prospect that, for many, seemed far-fetched, even impossible, after 2016 Democratic presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> lost to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Harris may have the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> opponent, but she and other Democrats are hoping a different political environment will render a different result.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, already the highest-ranked woman in U.S. history as vice president, was also the first black and South Asian woman elected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">San Francisco<\/a> district attorney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> attorney general before becoming the first South Asian U.S. senator. Her father, Donald, is a Jamaican American economist and retired Stanford University professor. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a breast cancer researcher and Indian immigrant.<\/p>\n<p>But while Clinton underscored her gender, Harris, like former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a>, has not made her race or gender a focal point since her similarly historic and dramatic promotion to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket this summer.<\/p>\n<p>That has not prevented Democrats from identifying with her potentially history-making candidacy and campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In a high school gymnasium in Norristown, Pennsylvania last weekend, Democrats gathered to hear former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michelle-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michelle Obama<\/a> were optimistic the country was poised to vote for the first woman president. Obama, herself, was the first minority first lady.<\/p>\n<p>For the school&rsquo;s principal, Detrick McGriff, &ldquo;as a person, as a girl dad who takes great pride in raising a young, independent woman,&rdquo; he is encouraged by the country &ldquo;starting to go ahead and expand its palette of diversity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to go beyond just a race or religion, but it&rsquo;s going to go by gender,&rdquo; McGriff told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3202355\/paths-victory-harris-trump-2024\/\"><strong>PATHS TO VICTORY FOR HARRIS AND TRUMP IN 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the crowd, Keith Colquitt, 67, agreed, attributing Barack Obama&rsquo;s 2008 campaign for inspiring him to complete his college degree and arguing Harris&rsquo;s bid could inspire others.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[With Obama&rsquo;s] election, then we hoped that we would see an Asian president, that we would see a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/native-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Native American<\/a> president someday, that we would see women, and that you would see just everybody,&rdquo; the Philadelphia school teacher told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. On Trump, he said, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a fear with this idiot, if he gets back in, that we&rsquo;ll go way back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But even if Harris is elected this week, McGriff acknowledged the challenges the vice president is likely to encounter after inauguration next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even though the moment is historic, the work that has to happen &hellip; is still the work,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You have to go ahead and do the things that are necessary, and it&rsquo;s not easy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An hour away in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Republican cousins Wendy Kleintop and Doris Eckhart, both 68 and volunteering for GOP congressional candidate Ryan Mackenzie,&nbsp;dismissed the importance of Harris&rsquo;s gender or race. Instead, Kleintop and Eckhart contended they placed a premium on merit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want her to be president,&rdquo; Kleintop, a Walnutport landscaping small business owner, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;[Her presidency] would matter. It would matter very much, but not as a woman to a woman. It would matter because I&rsquo;m an American citizen and I don&rsquo;t believe in what she stands for, and I would never vote for her or her party because it is the exact opposite of what I believe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Harris tries to use Republican opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">abortion<\/a> against Trump, as Democrats have against the GOP since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> repealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\"><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>  in 2022, Kleintop cited the policy as another reason she could not support the vice president on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign event at Montage Mountain Resort in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris, too, has been using a temperament argument against Trump in an appeal to independents, particularly women. But Eckhart downplayed the power of that argument because of, in part, the vice president&rsquo;s shared record with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>. Biden has a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">net negative 15 percentage point approval rating<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/approval-rating\"><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s been agreeing with everything that Biden has done so far with open borders, and so on, and so forth,&rdquo; Eckhart, a Palmerton retiree, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On the friendlier ground of the Ellipse, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-in-clean-up-mode-after-biden-garbage-gaffe-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris in clean-up mode after Biden &#039;garbage&#039; gaffe - Washington Examiner\">national park south<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, before Harris&rsquo;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tries-to-make-up-for-garbage-gaffe-with-union-outreach-for-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden tries to make up for garbage gaffe with union outreach for Harris - Washington Examiner\">closing argument address<\/a> last week, Democrats vigorously defended the vice president from criticism that they assert verges on sexism. Harris has specifically faced issues concerning her outreach to men.<\/p>\n<p>Carol T., 57,&nbsp;thinks of her friends&rsquo; daughters when she considers the possibility of Harris experiencing a Clinton loss this week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are you telling me they don&rsquo;t exist or they can&rsquo;t achieve anything?&rdquo; the Maryland registered nurse told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a man&rsquo;s world anymore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beside her on the rope line, Melissa Schutte, 56, expressed confidence the country is &ldquo;at a turning point&rdquo; with Harris, repeating the vice president&rsquo;s stump speech, but conceded it would &ldquo;completely break [her] heart&rdquo; if she does not win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would worry also about my daughters and their reproductive rights,&rdquo; a Washington, D.C., government consultant,&nbsp;told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just abortion; it&rsquo;s all of our female anatomy that will not be taken care of in the proper way because the misconceptions about what <em>Roe<\/em> was. I worry about my brother who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lgbtq-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">gay<\/a> and married and what that means for him. I worry about my daughter&rsquo;s friends who are people of color, so I would be devastated and scared.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s three-and-a-half month campaign, the shortest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-banking-on-his-youthfulness-and-wife-casey-as-assets-in-2024-race\/\" title=\"DeSantis relies on youth and wife in 2024 bid.\">modern presidential history<\/a>, was almost immediately embraced by Democrats in July, many of whom welcomed the chance at keeping the White House as polls indicated Biden was headed toward a defeat.<\/p>\n<p>The last time an incumbent president decided not to seek reelection in an election year was Lyndon Johnson in 1972, but he announced in March. Biden succumbed to a monthslong Democratic pressure campaign in July after his debate against Trump in June exacerbated concerns about his 81 years of age and mental acuity and endorsed Harris as his replacement. <\/p>\n<p>In days, she cleared the field of Democratic rivals and took over control of their joint infrastructure, including their fundraising, though she did bring in some of her own advisers and aides. There has been little public in-fighting as Harris broke fundraising records, raising $1 billion since January 2023 with Biden.<\/p>\n<p>But as Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;brat&rdquo; summer, a reference to pop star Charlie XCX&rsquo;s album of the same name and the momentum the vice president had after she secured the nomination, turned into fall, Harris had to grapple with increased media scrutiny, though not as much as Trump, and a lack of appeal among men as the gender divide is set to define the election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meg Young, 58, who was at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden<\/a> event for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> labor union<\/a> members in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a>&nbsp;last week, admitted she is nervous about Harris and the election &ldquo;all the time,&rdquo; that she &ldquo;does not sleep,&rdquo; and has been &ldquo;waking up in the middle of the night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want my life back and a woman president in office next Wednesday elected, a president-elect next Wednesday, that&rsquo;s what I want to be saying,&rdquo; Young told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/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_1871029\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1871029\"}});<\/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 aims for history as tight race concludes in Philadelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2364175,"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\/11\/harris-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4087,3728,4021,44365,5894],"class_list":["post-2364174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-election","tag-harris","tag-historic-conclusion","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/harris-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364174","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364178,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364174\/revisions\/2364178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}