Democrats Taking Heat for Not Addressing Ukraine or Gaza at DNC

This I find not at all upsetting. The operative sequence of events in U.S. presidential elections is Step 1: Get Elected, Step 2: Govern. As a consequence of this pattern, these conventions almost never address divisive or even real issues. The GOP national convention did roughly the same. And, yes, I think voters deserve to understand what each candidate’s policies will be were they to be elected but candidate Harris has a big advantage. The GOP has a 900 page document they call Project 2025, that states clearly what they will do , and all Harris need do to get elected when asked, what she will do is point to it and say “Not that.”

Yes, I would prefer open, transparent, yada, yada, statements about the candidate’s governing policies and philosophies, and guiding principles, in fact I am on record that a week before the election, those statements would be “frozen,” that is not subject to amendment, and an agreement signed that the winner agreed to be evaluated upon how well they delivered on their promises in any subsequent election.

And, of course, all politicians are slippery characters and would evade any such attempts to pin them down, but in this case I think Harris’s candidacy is better served by answering questions about her policies by pointing at Project 2025, and saying “Not that; That’s weird.”