{"id":832614,"date":"2021-09-30T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=832614"},"modified":"2021-09-30T18:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:43:44","slug":"analysis-kamala-harris-is-eight-months-into-being-vp-and-already-trying-to-save-her-political-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-kamala-harris-is-eight-months-into-being-vp-and-already-trying-to-save-her-political-career\/","title":{"rendered":"ANALYSIS: Kamala Harris Is Eight Months Into Being VP, And Already Trying To Save Her Political Career"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fanalysis-kamala-harris-is-eight-months-into-being-vp-and-already-trying-to-save-her-political-career%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=832614&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>Vice President Kamala Harris has been considered by many liberals as a potential 2024 candidate, but more than eight months into her term, she is already trying to save her political career amid policy failures, faltering poll numbers and internal scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Harris had little experience in Washington before President Joe Biden nominated her to serve as vice president, and was in her first term as the junior senator from California prior to taking office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 political career could now be on the line due to her largely unsuccessful attempt to lead on policy areas with major implications for the Biden administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-harris\/harris-favourite-to-win-2024-u-s-presidential-election-uk-bookmaker-idUSKCN2AT284\">Multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/harris-hires-two-senior-advisers\/2021\/09\/24\/7e9b56e6-1d7f-11ec-914a-99d701398e5a_story.html\">outlets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/harris-messaging-gurus-long-term-planning\">reported<\/a> earlier this week that she has hired two new advisers to assist with \u201corganizational development, strategic communications and long-term planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7293136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7293136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris (R) speaks as President Joe Biden (L) listens during an event in the East Room of the White House August 10, 2021 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of Harris\u2019 new advisers, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apfrankel?lang=en\">Adam Frankel<\/a>, is notably married to Stephanie Psaki, a senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services and sister of White House press secretary Jen Psaki. He was also a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>The other adviser, Lorraine Voles, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lorraine-voles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consultant<\/a> whose services include \u201cstrategic and crisis communications.\u201d She also served in multiple White House roles under former President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>White House staffers familiar with Harris\u2019 role in the administration told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/01\/politics\/harris-immigration\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> that the vice president \u201cappears eager for a portfolio that will allow her to achieve victories.\u201d But she doesn\u2019t appear to be doing her image any favors with her current performance leading the Biden administration\u2019s efforts on immigration and voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/24\/joe-biden-picks-vice-president-kamala-harris-border-crisis\/\">announced<\/a> in late March that Harris will be in charge of the administration\u2019s response to the surge of migrants at the southern border. Harris\u2019 staffers <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/harris-team-panicked-biden-immigration-border-mexico-illegal\/\">reportedly panicked<\/a> for her new role as they wanted her efforts to be characterized through a foreign policy lens rather than a border security lens. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/white-house-kamala-harris-border-czar-immigration\/\">(RELATED: White House Struggles To Define Kamala Harris\u2019 Border Czar Role)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the vice president has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/john-kennedy-kamala-harris-immigration-czar-el-chapo\/\">faced<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/arizona-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-biden-harris-border-czar\/\">scrutiny<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/newt-gingrich-kamala-harris-border-crisis-fox-and-friends\/\">from<\/a> Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-05-12\/republicans-arent-the-only-ones-who-think-kamala-harris-should-visit-southern-border\">even some<\/a> Democrats for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/kamala-harris-southern-border-czar-50-days-conference-migrant\/\">failing to address<\/a> the ongoing border crisis. Both the White House and Harris\u2019 aides, however, have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/cnn-cites-sources-deep-background-pr-piece-praising-defending-kamala-harris-border-job\/\">sought to distance<\/a> her from the southern border and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/jen-psaki-republicans-scrutinizing-kamala-harris-border-absence\/\">instead focus on<\/a> her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/vice-president-harris-mexico-guatemala\/\">diplomatic efforts<\/a> in Central America, though such efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/26\/haitian-migrants-transport-supplies-back-and-forth-between-the-us-and-mexico\/\">do not appear<\/a> to have mitigated the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/biden-kamala-harris-voting-rights-tulsa\/\">announced<\/a> in June that Harris will lead the administration\u2019s efforts to \u201cstrengthen and uplift efforts on voting rights nationwide.\u201d The vice president was likely expected to advocate for Congressional Democrats\u2019 sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/house-passed-hr-1-for-people-act\/\">voting reform bill<\/a> and oppose Republican-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/07\/greg-abbott-signs-texas-voting-bill-intense-fight\/\">election integrity bills<\/a> around the country.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are facing a roadblock in the Senate amid united Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/10\/written-devil-hell-senator-mike-lee-hr1-bill-for-the-people-act-democrats-fox-friends\/\">opposition<\/a> to their voting reform bill, and at least 17 states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/2021-07-02\/17-states-have-passed-restrictive-voting-laws-this-year-report-says\">have passed<\/a> election integrity legislation despite Democratic and White House opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 poor performance on policy has translated to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/poll-morning-consult-politico-kamala-harris-favorable-approval\/\">plummeting<\/a> poll numbers. Her net approval has been consistently underwater since July, and stood at -9.4 points between Aug. 7 and Sept. 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/kamala_harris_favorableunfavorable-6690.html#polls\">according<\/a> to a Real Clear Politics polling average.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7293135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7293135\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7293135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with small business leaders to discuss how the Infrastructure Deal and the Build Back Better Agenda will help their companies, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office building next to the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235581902-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7293135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris meets with small business leaders at the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2021 (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris\u2019 odds of becoming the 2024 Democratic nominee has similarly tanked in betting markets. The vice president was once the favorite to win the 2024 election according to one oddsmaker, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-harris\/harris-favourite-to-win-2024-u-s-presidential-election-uk-bookmaker-idUSKCN2AT284\">reported<\/a> in March. But her odds slipped under Biden\u2019s in late July and have remained stagnant at around 27% compared to the president\u2019s roughly 31%, <a href=\"https:\/\/smarkets.com\/event\/41936389\/politics\/us\/2024-presidential-election\/2024-democratic-presidential-nominee\">according<\/a> to Smarkets.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democratic strategists are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/kamala-harris-favorability-democrats-midterm-elections\/\">reportedly concerned<\/a> that Harris could become a toxic figure for her party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, a time when the vice president typically plays a large role in boosting support for down-ticket party members.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 future political career could also be hanging by the ropes following a series of recent internal scandals, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/kamala-harris-office-joe-biden-staff-politico-abusive-environment\/\">allegations from former aides<\/a> that her office is an abusive work environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it\u2019s an abusive environment,\u201d a source familiar with the office dynamics told Politico, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/30\/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290\">first reported<\/a> the matter in June. \u201cIt\u2019s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It\u2019s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like shit.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/kamala-harris-the-view\/\">(RELATED: In Just 9 Minutes, Kamala Harris Scolded The Unvaxxed, Vilified The Border Patrol And Dodged Questions On Afghanistan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much of the ire from current and former staffers was also directed to Harris\u2019 chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/30\/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290\">according<\/a> to Politico. Sources alleged she often blames lower-level staffers when initiatives fall through and ignores input from staff members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris has been considered by many liberals as a potential 2024 candidate, but more than eight months into her term, she is already trying to save her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832614","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=832614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}