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Preetraj (Raj) Grewal's avatar

“Zero political acumen” he says abt a woman who is currently VP. I know Kamala-hating is fashionable (like Biden-hating) but that was esp trite. Otherwise, good piece ;)

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Secret Squirrel's avatar

Dan Quayle was also vice president.

California is more populous than Canada or Australia, so Harris must have deployed quite a bit of acumen to get elected to statewide office there. I haven't seen much evidence of it since she became a national figure. Her circle can get sympathetic press to complain about her being treated unfairly (e.g. articles about how unfair it is that she as vice president has to preside over the 50-50 Senate so much), but they don't seem to use this ability with focus or discipline.

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Preetraj (Raj) Grewal's avatar

Good points. Yes she is lacking in many ways, i just find the excessiveness of the anti-Kamala critiques to be a bit much. Her peeps put out those pieces, but she does a decent job brushing off such commentary herself. She has a tricky task for several reasons, but cld be doing better.

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