The lengthy awaited softball interview that Kamala Harris lately did on CNN with Dana Bash did nothing to assist her marketing campaign, in accordance with new polling from Rasmussen.
Even with a pleasant outlet like CNN, many individuals felt that the interview was a dud which didn’t convey any strong coverage positions or s sense of the place Kamala Harris desires to take the nation.
Her marketing campaign individuals are not serving to her by hiding her from the general public. Her means to talk and do media spots is diminished.
From the Washington Examiner:
Harris momentum stalls, CNN discuss didn’t assist
Within the first polling of voters after her long-awaited first televised interview, the momentum of newly-minted Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris seems to have stalled.
In a publish by the pollster for Rasmussen Stories, momentum seems to now favor former President Donald Trump within the 2024 see-saw race.
The outfit’s in a single day polling of its probably voter pattern, usually with a barely increased proportion of Democrats, confirmed that the benefit continued to shift to Trump following the Thursday night time CNN interview during which Harris gave few particulars on her plans.
Rasmussen’s in a single day knowledge exhibits Trump main the nationwide widespread race 49% to 45%.
Mark Mitchell of Rasmussen tweeted this:
OH NOOooo… !!
This wasn’t imagined to occur!
Our newest nightly knowledge level (50% post-Kamala-interview) exhibits Trump opening up his largest lead in 10 days. pic.twitter.com/pyR3HIMq1u
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Stories (@Mark_R_Mitchell) August 31, 2024
Even the liberal outlet Newsweek trashed the interview:
Awful Interview Bodes Ailing For Harris-Walz Marketing campaign
“I feel an important and most vital facet of my coverage perspective and choices is my values haven’t modified,” replied Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in a verbose phrase salad when CNN’s Dana Bash requested in her Thursday interview why her coverage positions have modified since President Joe Biden cleared the trail for her to run for president.
Bash regarded curiously embarrassed for even asking such germane questions of somebody in search of to be essentially the most highly effective individual on the planet. Harris, alternatively, appeared assured that Bash would make no try and press her on any concern, probably understanding that the interview’s primary objective was to supply her marketing campaign cowl from accusations of dodging media scrutiny. Accordingly, she didn’t clarify what her “values” are, how they’ve led her to endorse insurance policies considerably at odds with these she espoused earlier than she turned the de facto Democratic nominee 5 weeks in the past, or why People ought to belief her.
If Harris has already peaked, and it seems to be like she has, her marketing campaign is in deep trouble.
