Fox Grilled Vice President Kamala Harris On Issues

Vice President Kamala Harris was grilled by Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on 'Special Report. In just over a 25-minutes, they discussed immigration, the economy, responding to U.S. adversaries, and more. Prior to the event, there was a great deal of fanfare about Harris's courage to enter the lion's den and face what was predicted to be a tough interview that might well decide the Presidential election. 

Immediately after the interview, the left-tilting media rushed to paint a picture of a triumphant Harris not only surviving the ordeal but dispelling all doubt as to her ability to field tough questions. Also, it seems, that claims Baier was overbearing and rudely interrupted Harris were also put out there to create sympathy for Harris. 

Surprisingly, this important interview was a bit difficult to find on the internet, but when located and watched in its entirety, viewers may come away with a different opinion than what many newsgroups alleged. Many of the almost 20,000 comments below the interview video focused on her not answering the questions, blaming everything on Trump, and telling Baier, "come on, be honest, you know what I mean." Below are a few of those comments:

*She spent 27 minutes blaming a man who hasn't been in office almost 4 for yrs for everything. 

*Always Trump's fault yet she's been VP for 4 years. Deflect, deflect. I LOVED how he pushed her but she still didn't answer his questions. 

*I am not a Trump supporter. With that being said, it is beyond infuriating watching her refuse to take responsibility for ANYTHING.

*The woman who never earned a single vote in a primary is concerned about "democracy." You just can't make this up.

*When your main platform is to criticize the opposition, it simply means you have no platform. 

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Washington Post lamented “the US Presidential campaign is what reckless disregard looks like. Neither nominee has given any evidence of awareness of, let alone serious thinking, about the growing global conflagration.”

Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal excoriated the campaign debates for being “recklessly superficial” on the nation’s three greatest challenges – debt, entitlements and defence.

“Without the benefit of a national discussion amid the campaign, no consensus can emerge on what to do. America is headed for trouble on multiple fronts, and both Mr Harris and Mr Trump are whistling past the graveyard.”

Harris has succeeded in demonstrating her character fitness for office, but not yet convinced enough voters on her policies. Perhaps some voter hesitation may be due to underlying sexism or racism. But, it can’t all be explained away like that. It is also insulting to imply, as some commentators have done, that women, or people of colour should vote for her, purely on the basis of her sex or race.

By contrast, many voters deeply dislike Trump’s character. However, for many of them, the economy seemed stronger, and the world safer and more stable, when he was in office. For voters yearning for change, he may be a riskier, but also more attractive bet.

His challenge is that too much negative baggage is associated with him. Harris’s challenge is that not enough substance is associated with her.

In the end, perhaps it will come down to whether Trump alienates more voters than he attracts.

No matter what the outcome, I predict continuing voter disillusion and polarisation at home, and no quick fixes to America’s problems abroad. Other countries are going to have to step up.