1) To be clear, I would vote for Kamala Harris in the general election over Donald Trump (or any Republican)
in a heartbeat.
2) She's no progressive, and I will not, under any realistic circumstances, vote for her during the Dem primary. Her record as California's AG is abysmal (imo), and I don't trust any 'reform' language that comes out of her mouth. She is, at heart, a fairly typical prosecutor -- interested in wins, not justice. It's an appreciable skill, admittedly, in a Senate hearing on corruption. It's valuable to have a skilled and probing legal mind in there, in contrast to senators who can't set up a VCR trying to ask Mark Zuckerberg questions about data gathering practices. But her record is decidedly awful, at least pre-Senate, if you believe in the civil liberties of everyday Americans, or want criminal justice reform, or want something actually done (beyond rhetoric) to end the war on drugs. If she makes Abolish Ice part of her plank, I maaaaay pay her more mind than otherwise, but I ain't holding my breath.
Anyway, Jacobin has a pretty nuanced, fair-minded take on her imo. The good (which certainly exists), the bad, and the ugly (which is
very ugly).
LINK
This post has been edited by worry: 21 January 2019 - 08:18 PM