What a change 12 months can bring in a person. Like a lotus blooming from the murk, Kamala Harris has discovered the art of political rebirth, purity on the surface and calculation underneath.
Last year at this time, Kamala Harris was appearing on television, in program after program, delivering her scripted remarks. It did not matter what the questions were. She had practiced her lines like an actor, and she would deliver them faithfully, leaving the audience to scratch their head as to how her responses were relevant to the question asked.
We do not know who counseled her to behave in this manner. If the strategy behind presenting her as a jukebox was intended to deliver an image of authenticity and authority, it failed miserably and yielded the opposite outcome.
What voters want is a politician with strong convictions; someone who is human enough to make an occasional mistake, yet remains committed to their principles. They know that they themselves are fallible, and that they change their minds about various issues in their lives as they age and grow.
These days, Kamala Harris is transforming herself, a metamorphosis in full view. She is traveling across the country, visiting town after town and city after city to promote her book 107 Days. She is also engaging with friendly media outlets and sitting down for long-form interviews.
Part of her transformation, and a marked deviation from her once-restrained persona, has been an increased comfort with coarse language. At a recent event in Los Angeles, for example, she used an expletive to describe her political opponents, drawing laughter and surprise from the audience.
A notable interview was the one in which she joined Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, who now has his own podcast. Stewart was surprisingly non-partisan and asked her many questions, sometimes probing but polite, in a refreshing change from how left-wing media typically treats left-wing politicians.
Harris attempted to recast herself as a technocrat by speaking at length about how the government is bureaucratic and how agency processes slow things down. At one stage, she even floated the idea of using artificial intelligence to help analyze numbers, which would allow agencies to complete the review process more quickly. Using any kind of technology to help improve federal government processes is anathema to the federal labor unions, which prefer expanding government employment.
She probably also lost a significant portion of the non-union liberal vote, should she decide to run again, with her shocking admission. Acknowledging errors as the vice president in the Biden administration, she regretted that the policy priorities were backward. She spoke about how opportunities were missed to promote food security and reduce childhood poverty. Such candid talk, while refreshing, is also surprising as it is a complete U-turn from her earlier stance.
She also warned future Democratic campaigns not to focus exclusively on President Trump. This was rich given the intense lawfare that she and President Biden waged against him throughout their four years in the White House. Even in the closing moments of her very brief presidential campaign, she was fixated on warning Americans that Trump should not return to the White House.
Her remarks were stark admissions of guilt, given the Biden team’s emphasis on DEI, environmental, and social justice programs.
The obvious question was why Ms. Harris did not take action when she was the second-in-command of one of the worst administrations in recent memory.
With California Governor Gavin Newsom indicating that he might enter the 2028 contest, and with an ultra-socialist liberal about to get elected to the New York City mayor’s office, the Democratic Party is in serious search of its identity.
In the weirdest of all disguises this Halloween, Kamala Harris is trying to portray herself as a center-right technocrat. We give her full marks for speaking candidly without a Teleprompter for over an hour. But let us not forget that rhetoric is cheap.
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TIPP Top-20 Stock Picks
Each weekend, TIPP Insights spotlights 20 actively traded stocks, all priced above $20 with a 50-day average trading volume greater than 500,000 shares. These names are drawn from themes of innovation, energy, technology, and financial strength.
Think of the Top-20 as your weekend market compass. It is not investment advice, but a disciplined screen to help you focus on liquid, high-quality opportunities as you plan the week ahead.
1. CELC – Celcuity, LLC – $77.16 – Biotechnology
2. NEGG – Newegg Commerce, Inc. – $84.79 – Specialty retail
3. BE – Bloom Energy Corp. – $132.16 – Industrial energy
4. APLD – Applied Digital Corp. – $34.66 – Data centers
5. NBIS – Nebius Group N.V. – $130.82 – Internet services
6. PRAX – Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. – $198.76 – Biotechnology
7. CLS – Celestica, Inc. – $344.48 – Electronics manufacturing
8. NKTR – Nektar Therapeutics – $64.93 – Biotechnology
9. CRDO – Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. – $187.62 – Telecom equipment
10. QBTS – D-Wave Quantum Inc. – $37.06 – Quantum computing
11. QURE – uniQure B.V. – $67.69 – Biotechnology
12. CDTX – Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. – $109.24 – Biotechnology
13. SYM – Symbotic Inc. – $80.95 – Industrial automation
14. BETR – Better Home & Finance Holding Co. – $73.21 – Mortgage finance
15. RGTI – Rigetti Computing, Inc. – $44.27 – Computer hardware
16. WDC – Western Digital Corp. – $150.21 – Computer hardware
17. FLNC – Fluence Energy Inc. – $21.00 – Energy storage
18. LITE – Lumentum Holdings Inc. – $201.56 – Telecom equipment
19. VSAT – ViaSat, Inc. – $39.82 – Satellite communications
20. W – Wayfair Inc. – $103.51 – Home furnishings
We’ll be back tomorrow with our look at the week’s best performing stocks and ETFs. Stay tuned.
Disclaimer: These stock picks are for informational purposes only and are not investment advice. Please do your own research before investing.
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