Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Can we finally admit Kamala Harris was a mistake?

Can we say it now? It might be a bit early, but I'm going to say it - Kamala Harris was a mistake.

The Democrats should never have picked her to run against Trump. I mean, never say never, but it's becoming more and more likely that Trumpy's gonna win in a couple of weeks.

I said that last week, that he's too close behind her in the swing states - so he'll over-perform in them like he usually does on the night and then he'll win.

But don’t take my word for it, you've got Nate Silver - a US election wizard - today saying his gut says Trump wins.

You've also got The Economist saying Trump wins with a 54 percent likelihood compared to Kamala's likelihood of 45 percent and you've got a new Wall Street Journal poll giving Trump a narrow lead - with voters having a more positive view of him and a more negative view of Kamala.

And you’ve got Democrats reportedly panicking over the fact they think he’s gonna win.

If you cast your mind back, this was predictable. When there was all this talk of Biden stepping down, loads of people were saying - don't pick Kamala, she won't win, she doesn't have what it takes, the public doesn't like her.

And then she got picked anyway and there was that flurry of excitement and she got all this momentum - but if you took a step back, which we did, that excitement was about the thought of her, the thought of a black woman being President for the first time.

The actual her remained the same. Boring, uncharismatic, annoying voice, word salad, couldn't campaign.

That excitement was always going to fade when people actually got to know her, and it has. This was totally predicable.

If Trump wins in a couple of weeks, which it looks like he will, then we can say Kamala was a mistake.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Can we say it now? It might be a bit early,
but let's just start saying it. Karmala Harris was a mistake.
The Democrats should never have picked her to run against Trump.
I mean, obviously, never say never, But it is obviously
becoming more and more likely, isn't it that Trump's going
to win in a couple of weeks time I said
this to you last week. He is too close behind
her in the swing states. He will overperform like he

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usually does in those swing states on the night, and
then he's going to take them, and that gives them
the numbers he needs to win. But you don't have
to take my word for it, because what do I know?
What about Nate Silva, a US selection wizard today saying
his gut says Trump wins. What about the economist saying
Trump wins with a fifty four percent likelihood compared to
krmla's likelihood at forty five percent. What about Wall Street
Journal poll out today giving Trump a narrow lead with

(00:44):
voters here they have a more positive view of him
and a more negative view of Karmla. And then you've
got reports that the Democrats are panicking over the fact
that they think he's going to win. Now. This was actually,
if you cast your mind back, predictable, because when there
was all that talk of Biden's stepping down, loads of
people said, whatever you do, Democrats, don't p Carmela. She
won't win. She hasn't got what it takes, public don't

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like her, doesn't know how to campaign. And there was
that flurry she got picked anyway, and then there was
that flurry of excitement and she got all this momentum.
But if you took a step back at the time,
which we did, which we did do at the time,
and we did say that excitement was about the thought
of her, the thought that she was going to be
the first black woman to become the president, and that

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was really exciting, but the actual her remained the same boring, uncharismatic,
annoying voice, word salads, couldn't campaign, and that excitement was
always going to fade when people actually got to know her.
And people have got to know her, and the excitement
has predictably faded. As I say, totally predictable. If he
wins in a couple of weeks, which it looks like
he's going to, then we can say Carmela was a mistake.

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