The foreclosure crisis hit california harder than any other state. A fifth of the nations foreclosures were in california alone. But the crisis did hit all 50 states and when Kamala Harris became attorney general in california, at that time the attorneys general in all of the 50 states were engaged in this group effort to try to get help, to try to get compensation for homeowners who had been screwed over by the bad behavior of the industry. All the attorney generals in all 50 states were trying to reach a cash settlement with the countrys five largest mortgage servicers. And in 2011, Kamala Harris, the brandnew attorney general of the countrys biggest state, the state with the most foreclosures, she was immediately and very visibly at the forefront of that effort, right . States were desperate to get money from these giant banks. They were desperate to get some relief from people who had been foreclosed on and kicked out. Frankly, at a political level, the Obama Administration and was
For most of the early and teen years of this century, Kamala Harris was one of the weakest of vote-getters in Democratic-dominated California, even while she held three electoral offices in succession.Her marginal vote-getting performances have been mostly glossed over since she became President Biden’s backup as vice president.But what happens if the Biden-Harris ticket […]
THOMAS ELIAS: If Biden and Harris lose this fall, Harris would need to prove herself in a way she never has before to be considered a serious future presidential candidate.