Politico reports that "Harris' top communications aides are deeply skeptical, as Biden's inner circle was, that doing big interviews with major TV networks or national newspapers offer much real upside when it comes to reaching swing voters." Is that why Team Biden was "deeply skeptical" of putting him in front of cameras? Or—to take just one example—did they decline the Super Bowl interview last February to hide his condition from the public?
The second option is more likely. And if that is the case, then what is the Harris campaign hiding? Not the effects of old age. The vice president turns 60 years old in October. What Harris is trying to avoid is substance. She doesn't want to offer specific answers, concrete policies, persuasive explanations in an open setting. If that were to happen, she might be unprepared. She might whip up a word salad. Her Progressivism might show. The press might be forced to cover something other than the "joy" and "vibes" she has brought to the trail.
Why would Harris want to do that? Republicans and conservatives (and I) will continue to complain that she's ducking the media. It won't matter. Harris and her media allies will engage in a conspiracy of silence until she has no choice.
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