'Word Salad City': Even David Axelrod Couldn't Believe How Bad Kamala Was In CNN Townhall

Posted • October 24, 2024: You know the old political saw. 'When you've lost David Axelrod …' OK, that's not actually a political adage, but if the rapidly sinking Titanic that is the Kamala Harris presidential campaign continues on its present trajectory, it may become one after the 2024 election is said and done. Last night, to the abject misery of everyone who watched it, the current vice president appeared at a CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper where her primary closing message to voters seemed to consist of 'Orange Man Bad!' and 'That's an interesting question, so I will proceed to not answer it and just prattle on about nothing for five minutes.' Harris's non-answers were so bad, in fact, that 'Obama's Brain' David Axelrod went on CNN afterward and labeled it with a phrase so damning -- and accurate -- we would not be surprised to see his words in a Trump ad later this week. Top Democrat strategist David Axelrod on Kamala Harris' town hall performance:

“When she doesn't want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to word salad city.” - “She would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration's policies and that's a mistake.” - “You do want to relate to the people in front of you. She didn't do a lot of that. She didn't ask them questions. She didn't address them particularly. She was giving set pieces too much.” -- Oof. OOF! To make things even worse, remember that Harris actually paused her campaign for TWO DAYS to 'prepare' for that appearance. You know, just like President Xi would delay an invasion of Taiwan for a few days so she could get ready for it. Axelrod can’t even defend this performance on CNN tonight by Kamala Harris. In retrospect, Harris hiding from any and all press interviews like she did for the first six or seven weeks since she was installed seems like it would have been the better strategy. (…)

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