{"id":57732,"date":"2024-11-09T15:19:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57732"},"modified":"2024-11-09T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T15:19:58","slug":"harris-became-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57732","title":{"rendered":"Harris became &#8230; boring!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Theories have been launched all over creation over why and how Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign went from spectacular to one that took it on the chin on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>My theory, for what it&#8217;s worth? She became boring.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my point. As her campaign concluded, it began to dawn on me that I had heard it all before. Many times, in fact. She seemed to rely too heavily on applause lines and cliches.<\/p>\n<p>To wit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>There&#8217;s more that unites us than separates us.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I know Donald Trump&#8217;s type.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I have only had one client in my years in public service: you, the people.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Donald Trump is an unserious man.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I never have asked what party people belonged to.\u00a0 I only asked, &#8220;Are you OK?&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>When we fight, we win!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am sure there were many more examples. To be candid, I don&#8217;t remember them because I nodded off frequently during Harris&#8217;s rallies later on in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>I admit to being caught up in the excitement of Harris&#8217;s campaign after President Biden bowed out during the summer. My enthusiasm for her never waned and I voted proudly for her and for her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>But as I look back now just days after their loss, I am left only to wonder if Harris &#8212; and Walz, too &#8212; relied too heavily on the same ol&#8217; applause lines that got our attention &#8230; but which had a limited lifespan on the trail that leads to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake: Campaign-trail boredom is a deal breaker.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theories have been launched all over creation over why and how Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign went from spectacular to one that took it on the chin on Election Day. My theory, for what it&#8217;s worth? She became boring. Here&#8217;s my point. As her campaign concluded, it began to dawn on me that I had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=57732\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harris became &#8230; boring!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[9543,8357,10381],"class_list":["post-57732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-2024-election","tag-kamala-harris","tag-tim-walz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57733,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57732\/revisions\/57733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}