Lately, I have been hearing a few people (even some Democrats) saying President Biden should replace Vice-President Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket.
One reason they give is because the Republicans are demonizing VP Harris - painting her as a left-wing radical. There are two flaws in that argument.
First, Republicans want voters to think all Democrats are left-wing radicals. And they would do the same to anyone running with President Biden.
Second, it is simply not true. Ms. Harris has always been moderately progressive. She has never been a radical, and has governed in a moderate way in every elected office she has held.
The naysayers also claim she has not made headlines since becoming vice-president, and therefore is not helping the Biden administration. But it's not the job of the vicepPresident to upstage the President, and Harris has never tried to do so.
And her lack of coverage is more a fault of the media than Harris. The current media meal ticket is coverage of Donald Trump (whether positive or negative). After their coverage of Trump (and then Biden) is done, there is little room for coverage of others - and it would be the same for any other running mate.
The truth is that Vice-President Harris has done a very good job. President Biden has tagged her to lead the campaign on two issues - abortion and voting rights. And the results of the 2022 election show she was effective. She is currently campaigning for the Democrats on both issues, and I expect she'll help produce a lot of votes for Democrats in November.
She was also tasked with trying to come up with solutions for the border crisis. Unfortunately, the Republicans have blocked all efforts to do anything on that issue. They would rather have it as a campaign issue that to fix it. No one can be successful on this issue until the Republicans are ready to cooperate.
Kamala Harris has been a good vice-president. Democrats should be thanking her for that, and working hard to see that she and President Biden are re-elected.
