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To be fair, she had little more than a weekend to come up with her campaign messaging. She was made candidate like 3 months before election day.
Which is why I blame Biden for his pride and hubris. He should have stepped down, so a primary could have been run and the candidate, Harris or otherwise, had a better shot.
Hmm... I've dealt with elderly relatives, and it can be hard to tell when someone's no longer capable of doing something... so I have a bit of sympathy for him there. It's possible that a year ago Biden was up to the job and really was the best chance at defeating Trump. And he gets credit for stepping down when he did. However I'm a little more skeptical of his sticking VP Harris with the job of solving the border crisis, which is a notoriously unsolvable problem.
I suspect that given 3 months to jump-start a campaign, NOBODY could have won this election against Trump. Biden was headed towards Dukakis and Mondale levels of defeat, and Harris at least brought it to a couple hundred thousand in 3 states. (I wish I could post my argument to "unpopular opinion", but apparently they prohibit political posts.)
If we'd had a proper primary Harris wouldnt even have been the nominee at all. I agree with you, Bidens self serving hubris is a key part of the loss and potentially the end of our republic. Obama did warn us all several times that Biden is an idiot.