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This Kamala Harris honeymoon may not last
The Democratic Party has launched an impressive push. But Ms Harris will still need a miracle to beat Donald Trump.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has been transformed into a cool meme-queen, electrifying Gen Z. But Ms Harris will still need a miracle to beat Donald Trump, says the writer.
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Nothing can happen for years and then decades can happen in a week, goes a paraphrased quote. This aptly describes the insane sequence of events since US President Joe Biden’s bombshell announcement on July 21 that he would not seek re-election.
Two weeks ago, one main argument against him stepping down was that the alternative was a charisma-less Vice-President Kamala Harris, who would be unable to marshall enough support to thwart a Donald Trump romp to the White House.
