The Interview: The One We've All Been Awaiting (Not Really)

It's time to Break It Down!

 

Short post. Since the day Joe Biden removed himself from the Presidential Sweepstakes, and endorsed Kamala Harris, 37 days ago, journalists of every stripe, and the GOP have sniped, wrung hands, and complained that Kamala Harris hasn’t done a single media interview. And that’s all completely understandable.

 

The media, for its part, is accustomed to being the tail that wags the dog, in terms of developing and curating the narratives of our political lives. Of course they are chomping at the bit to get the story, and bitter every day that goes by when they don’t get the chance to tell their story, first person.

 

Then, we come to Republicans. Lay the fact that they tried their darndest to run Joe Biden out of the race, and now like the dog that caught the car, are trying to figure out what to do with it. They need Harris and Walz to get media clicks so they can go about the business to defining them. Yes, they have the historical record, but they want, and probably need more, to fuel the campaign to denigrate and diminish the Democratic duo. In short, they are still angry, if not flummoxed, especially Donald Trump, that Biden is no longer the opponent.

 

Fast forward to yesterday. Harris and Walz have agreed to an interview for tomorrow, with CNN Host Dana Bash. Now, of course, the media, save for CNN, will lament that they were not chosen. Trump, for his part, has labeled the media in general, the enemy of the people, and has called CNN, specifically, fake news.

 

To summarize, the parties who were angry before are still going to be angry, except perhaps, Ms. Bash. The GOP, even though it got what it asked for, will still grumble about CNN having been chosen, though they will surely use any missteps or unforced errors the Harris-Walz team makes, to buttress the prosecution of their case against the pair. 

 

So, what’s the bottom line? While we don’t know, with absolute certainty, we can be sure that the race to 270 electoral votes will be close, and hard-fought. Harris despite, though some would because of, not having done, or agreed to a sit-down interview, for 37 days, has surged relative to Donald Trump. So much so, until she has leads slightly in a few polls, and trails slightly in others. There is every reason to believe this race is going down to the wire. It is conceivable Donald Trump could emerge the winner when the dust settles. This may come as a surprise to those who’ve been amazed by the gawdy numbers Harris has compiled, and tandem with an incredibly well-done Democratic National Convention. But in a country thought to be nearly evenly divided between those who support Trump, and those who do not, hear me when I say, the race is going to be close. “The Interview: The One We’ve All Been Awaiting (Not Really)!”

 

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