"Republicans plainly hope they can link Harris to all that vexed them in Biden's record—real, exaggerated, and imagined. But the tone and spirit of Harris's campaign has marked such a sharp break with Biden, as does her age, gender, and race, that that link may be harder to make than Republicans hope. The slogan 'We're not going back' refers not just to the antediluvian strictures that Republicans want to impose on American freedoms and Enlightenment values, and not just to the slanders and lies in which Trump daily trafficked, but also to what many Americans viewed as an unwatchable cage match of two out-of-shape relics. Though she and the Democrats are profoundly indebted to Biden for his crucial role in creating that center-left synergy that unifies the Democrats and underpins her campaign, Harris can still run on Biden's policies and yet stand for a break from both Trump and Biden rather than a continuation of Biden and his works.
Harold Meyerson at The American Prospect reacts to Kamala Harris's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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