not the country we thought it was. that is why he is ready. how do you break that nostalgia? you position biden as a candidate of the past and she positioned herself at the past and the future. she said i myself when i was young, we were at that leading edge. my sister a little younger than kamala harris and had to be bussed and got horrible reactions from white kids. she put herself in that story, but as a kid where he was a man that was saying bussing is not a good idea. she opened that door. the thing that hurts kamala harris the most and the reason she has not been able to move. being a prosecutor raises suspicions among african-americans. she is able to do the performative aspects where she is prepare and succinct and
it was a thing. it s always been this way defense of local communities to avoid integration and bussing specifically. this is another problem of joe biden being a candidate from the past. when he was practicing politics, even jimmy carter had to do it. huh to make sure you got racially anxious white voters and signal to african-americans. i am going to let white americans know i won t be soft on black people. i m with you, white voters, but then again, i will play the saxophone and show black people i can talk and be friendly with you. jimmy carter who signalled in his run in 1976, there is nothing wrong with people wanting their neighborhoods not to change. that s a signal you have to send. the problem for biden is when he said something like that, he
he doesn t stop being the front-runner from one debate. he was seeming a little by the way she went after him on the bussing, it s something he can certainly recover from, but it was her night, i thought. and buttigieg, he is so smart. very smooth. he was kind of backed in a corner on the question of the police shooting. i think it was not actually his best night. i didn t think he really showed i have seen him better. breathtakingly forthright, when was the last time we heard a politician say because i failed to get it done. that inn gendered cross talk from both hickenlooper and wall is swalwell.
what you were raising tonight? i think i would like to hear him acknowledge what was wrong about a perspective on bussing and a perspective that i believe he had at that time. listen, bussing was part of what was necessary to integrate the schools of america. to then fall back on what s the state s responsibility versus the federal government, that leaves the need to address the fact that it was just wrong. it dispenses the relevance of the federal government to step in on civil rights issues where states have failed. that s why we had the civil rights and the voting rights act. you felt he was hedging. we have a different perspective on it. nicole wallace in new york.
for harris to take it upon herself to raise the issue on the comments of the senators and to prosecute the case against him on bussing. and to have them backing down and she did it with such emotion. that was a moment that any time you prepare for a debate, that s a moment that had nothing it do with us. it was magic in the moment. before i do this, i have to let them know what they are doing. the looming presence behind joe biden is garrett hake. he is spending his time on the stage above the fray. you forgive the expression, for a reason. doesn t take no for an answer.