the campaign versus people who joined much later and who simply at almost every level do not see eye to eye about the campaign s message and strategy. at the heart of this, most of the people in or close to her inner circle would agree, at the center of this is a candidate who has never really defined a clear and consistent message for why she s in this race. why she wants to be the president. you write about what some have described as flawed decisions. walk us through what were those flawed decisions. earl live on the campaign made a set of big strategic bets on some of the later states in the primary calendar, south carolina and nevada, downplay iowa and new hampshire. that turned out to be a significant mistake. they wanted to develop a direct feud with joe biden early, as you saw in that first debate. they were not able to convert a big clash with joe biden on the debate stage into sort of sustained growth for harris in the primary. there was a debate and there continues to be
police officers. disrespectful at a police at a time when we are losing so many law enforcement officers just a sad situation. no doubt about it. turn to 2020. kamala harris interesting because you remember where this race started. where she was seen as somebody who might come from the left and really energize liberals and get the base going, have some money from out in california. had a strong debate out of the gates? pete: yep. took on joe biden early. ed: took on joe biden early and sort of fell apart. she is looking at the field and seeing that the hard left is taken. have you bernie and elizabeth warren and everybody fighting for that so now she is trying to maybe go for one of the moderate lanes that biden, buttigieg and others want. i m sure she doesn t have anywhere to go. folks, i m not a socialist. watch. i am not going to raise middle class taxes. i m not trying to upend and blow up systems. i m not trying to start a revolution. i am not a socialist.
thinks and speaks strategically, but why would the president help evaluate joe biden to front-runner status so early? why not just pretend that joe biden doesn t exist, at least for a few months? i m with you. i don t think there s a strategic rationale here. traditionally, presidents especially during a primary process, adopt this sort of olympian posture where they sit back and scold the field, further the squabbling and portrays himself as very presidential. this is not this president s style. he likes to get down, he likes to get into the mud. and i think that s just instinct chul. i don t think it s indulging in any sort of strategic approach. and it may end up hurting him in the long run, because the classics ensue, just let these guys fight. by evaluate joe biden early, he s evaluating his chief competitor, his most viable competitor. and joe biden s big advantage here is his predictability, as ali was saying, he s sort of a known quantity and donald trump is somebody who stir