Last weekend's Wall Street Journal contains the regular column by Peggy Noonan, one of my favorite opinion writers. Her most recent is titled "What Do Mainstream Democrats Stand For?"
The piece includes Noonan's comments on Kamala Harris's recent book. Here are some of the more trenchant ones:
"In Ms. Harris's memoir any guiding political philosophy is absent, which is odd in someone who wished to occupy the nation's highest office. You should at least go through the motions."
"Ms. Harris's book is insistently shallow, almost as if that were a virtue, a sign of authenticity."
Referring to the light tone of Harris's book: "I think she was trying to signal there will be no intellectual heavy lifting, but do readers need that warning?"
"The closest she comes to a political philosophy, a driving force that explains her career, is 'I want to keep people safe and help them thrive.' But few enter politics to see constituents endangered and withering. She sees herself as generous in her concern for others--'I've always been a protector'--and loyal. But these are personal qualities, not beliefs."
Is anyone really buying the idea that Harris lost the 2024 presidential election due to misogyny and racism? The political left in America has to figure out, if nothing else, that drivel doesn't energize anyone.
