Just how has Joe Biden’s first command decision for his presidency worked out? Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate almost four years ago to pay off progressives disenchanted with Biden’s old-time machine politics, and also to appeal to black and women voters who had demanded a younger and more “diverse” ticket. Harris supposedly delivered on all counts, plus showed Biden’s commitment to the future of the party and its promises for diversity.
An endless diet of word salads later, Harris barely shows up as a blip in the campaign. She’s so outside the loop, in fact, that Harris gets a single mention in yesterday’s deep dive by NBC News into Biden’s sinking fortunes among black voters. James Clyburn is trying to revive Biden’s fortunes ahead of the official Democrat primary this weekend, but black voters are slipping away:
Now, polling shows that young…