Too Early, Folks! Kamala Harris Gives a Campaign Launch Speech

[JCanete]

109. She's clearly generated excitement. She could do well. I think the debates will be significant. I'll

watch her town hall to see how direct she is with the type of legislation she would advocate for if in office. I don't want vague platitudes, and unfortunately her launch video was that. She believes in justice and truth, oh, and democracy. Way to draw a line in the sand.

But she has said, at least in theory, that she's for Single Payer.

She has pledged to take no Pac money.

She did appear to make a stand on the banks durning the bail-out.

She proposed the LIFT act which sounds excellent. apparently this could lift like 9 million people out of poverty. It may be a little mild, but its still something that at least hints at a kind of UBI, which I think has to be the future.

Her most troubling history is the stuff that exists from her prosecutorial days. Now, I understand that these institutions lean heavily conservative and are incentivized for that matter towards keeping up conviction rates, etc., and that had she tried to break ranks that could have been seriously politically damaging to her career. People often make calculations regarding the greater good that do sometimes come with compromises, but fighting for cops over wrongful convictions really sticks in my gut, and if any time in history this might become an issue and not play well, it might be right now.