Kamala Harris may be on thin Ice in 2024 Elections
Posted on 12 Sep 2024; 12:30 PM IST. Last Updated 12 Sep 2024; 12:30 PM IST.Summary: This article attempts to explain why Kamala Harris may be on thin Ice, in the 2024 Elections.
Vice President Kamala Harris displayed extraordinary talent, in the recently concluded debate, with former President Trump, for 2024 US elections. Her presentation skills were great, and she remained well composed during the debate. Her accent improved by leaps and bounds, and the new smile, instead of the traditional laughter, looked impressive. The US media celebrated the theatrics of Vice President Kamala Harris, with great fanfare.
In contrast, President Trump looked sober, and weary like a general, guarding a fort or nation. The rest of the World beyond US media, still thinks, that “Content is the King”, irrespective of the presentation, and President Trump delivered his points.
Thus, there are two perspectives about the debate, and a clear winner could not be ascertained, at this time. It is believed, that the real winner may not appear, until the fog settles down.
The author of the article believes, that Kamala Harris may be on thin Ice, despite her best efforts. The rest of the article attempts to explain the reasons behind the belief.
- Economy: Bidenomics unleashed draconian sanctions, and secondary sanctions, which wound up the Economies of the World, in strong iron chains. In essence, Bidenomics ruined the economies of Europe, and created stagnation in Asia and Africa.
The $50,000 tax credit Kamala Harris wants to give new startups, is a silly band-aid to the US economy, and may not even merit a mention.
Kamala Harris is following the foot steps of her boss and mentor President Biden on Economic policies. She may have replaced the label, but the recipe for the economic soup, she is trying to sell, was created by none other than President Biden.
It is hard for the World, to see her differently, even though Kamala Harris claims, that “She is Not Biden”.
- Ukraine: President Biden created the War in Ukraine, by tearing down the Minsk Accords. Here again, Kamala Harris is following the failed policies of President Biden, and she has no policy of her own.
The US Media is celebrating Kamala Harris as the first female President of US, and as the first President of Asian origin etc. All these are undoubtedly, worthwhile celebrations.
The US Media some how failed to note/recognize, that Kamala Harris could also be the first female President, to take United States and the World, into another “World War”.
- Reproductive Rights: Kamala Harris thinks she is an expert on this subject, and she could be partially right, in her self assessment.
This subject matter in turn has four sub divisions -
a) social b) medical c) legal d) legislative
Both President Biden, and Kamala Harris are Lawyers by profession, and both (mysteriously) think, they can bring about a legislation, on anything they want.
The American founding father James Madison contributed to the “Bill of Rights”, while he was still a House Representative, and subsequently became President of United States.
President Madison never wanted the US Federal government to interfere excessively, in the affairs of people or of “states”. The 9th and 10th amendments of Bill of Rights are specially crafted by Madison, to ensure that the freedom of people and “states”, does not end up as federal legislation.
The Supreme Court of United States ruled that “states” (as against federal government) should create legislative norms on cultural issues like reproductive rights.
Kamala Harris (and her mentor Biden) think they can put forward a Bill in Congress on Reproductive Rights, and they could sign and pass the Bill as President of United States. They created a great narrative, and campaigned around it, in the 2022 mid-term elections. Many people believed the Biden-Harris narrative in 2022, and many still believe them, even today.
The BIG unanswered question around the Biden-Harris narrative is -
“Is it possible to short-circuit the US Constitution?”.
Can US Congress propose a Bill against the US Supreme Court ruling, that “states” and not the federal government have the rights for proposing such a legislation?
Remarks:
The author believes that the debate was shallow, and the absence of subject matter experts, made it look, more like self advertisement.