Millions watched the debate, triggering hundreds of op-ed columns dissecting the night from every angle possible. It's clear that Kamala is clearly running on building an "opportunity economy." In short, she promised to fix the problems she created, but, as Donald Trump noted, she had no answer about why she hasn't done the fixing while in office serving with Biden. If she now believes in the wall, where is it?
In the debate, she was the master of prepared clichés and personal attacks! But where was the meat? Where was her clear statement about what she would do once in office? She never explained why her having the "same values" has brought her to change her progressive positions on key issues. She is not the moderate Democrat she wants voters to believe. She never had to answer as to why she's hiding and not taking interviews!
Kamala seemed proud of pounding on her political opponent for the whole debate. With the help of the ABC moderators and one-sided fact-checks, she did it with flair, gusto, and arrogance.
But she didn't seem to realize that attacking Trump is nothing new. It's what Democrats have been doing since he came to Washington. They tried impeaching him. They keep coming back to Russian influence only to find it was and is fake news. Just before the last election, they found experts to say that the Hunter Biden laptop was fake, only to find that it was very real and very disturbing. So, having the ABC moderators and the Democratic candidate combine to attack Trump is nothing new.
All Kamala did was look mean and trigger more independent support for Trump. Trump is the candidate who is promising to change what concerns America most. They want a President who will deal with the 20% inflation rate since Biden/Harris took office. They want a leader who will secure the porous border that has allowed millions of unvetted illegals to invade our country. They want to end the love affair with green energy and establish energy independence again. They want a President who will keep taxes low, limit small business regulations, and revive the American Dream.
Kamala may have impressed her partisan pundits, but she showed no concern for the middle class suffering from the Biden/Harris policies. She promised future help but failed the only reality test voters need--the last three years that have forced sixty percent of Americans to live paycheck to paycheck.
But the debate did provide one critical moment of clarity. ABC News moderator David Muir directed his first question directly to the Vice President, "When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off now than they were four years ago?" She dodged the question with an irrelevant answer: "So, I was raised as a middle-class kid, and I am the only person on this stage who has a plan about lifting up the middle class and working people of America....(blah, blah, blah!)"
That's the one question that matters and cuts through the fog of political claims. Are you better off after more than three years of Biden/Harris, or were you better off when President Donald Trump was in office? Harris has one plan: bribe hurting voters with more freebies she does not even have the power to deliver. She claims that Trump will expand the deficit! With these giveaways, Harris will explode it!
Harris has to balance being the new President ushering in her opportunity economy while not attacking Biden. Unfortunately for Harris, Trump has a track record of promising and delivering what he promised. He must be clear about his promises and remind them of his past track record. With so many in the middle-class suffering, the closer we get to the election, the choice will be. It's Trump's election to lose. Let's hope he doesn't find a way to do that. The Trump/Vance team is the change America needs.