Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (37) |
Author: albaby1 SILVER
SHREWD
  😊 😞

Number: of 84350 
Subject: Re: What is Trump Doing?
Date: 08/09/24 4:30 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 6
Maybe. Bear in mind that Trump has to reorient his campaign machinery to attack Harris now.

Sure. But unlike Harris, Trump's campaign machinery is in place. And as I noted in another thread, Trump finds his attack lines by trying them out on audiences. Both of which suggest that the prudent tactical move is to get Trump in front of crowds during the critical time when Harris is trying to get her campaign launched.

Can't have it both ways. And your point about "the veep isn't in charge..." is irrelevant. She's the public face of this administration.....

I think you're conflating whether the Veep can be tagged with the accomplishments/detriments of the Administration and whether the Veep is fully briefed on every aspect of domestic and foreign policy.

The former is absolutely true. If you're part of the Administration, and there's some problem or issue that comes up in some random department (say, a train derailment under Department of Transportation), you're going to get nailed as being part of the Biden/Harris Administration that allowed a train derailment. But that's very different than saying that the Veep knows (or ought to know) the ins and outs of train derailments or regulations to prevent them the way a Secretary of Transportation, or a Presidential nominee, could or would.

Harris needs to get up to speed on all the parts of domestic and foreign policy that haven't been her actual portfolio for the last three years. She's still get blamed/credited for all of that, because she's part of the Administration. But that doesn't mean she's actually been dealing with those issues.

Which is one of many reasons why she's not holding a press conference right now. With all the other stuff she's dealing with, she almost certainly doesn't have time just yet to sit down and get prepared for one; and contrary to suggestions here, she hasn't been in the weeds on every aspect of domestic and foreign policy for the last three years.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to albaby1 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (37) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community