WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCER APPEARS TO SKIP KAMALA HARRIS AT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SIGNING AFTER DISASTROUS CNN REPORT. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. He isnt well known nationally. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images). All and all, Harris is simply in over her head and she is finding out that on the job learning in the modern media/Internet age is no easy task. Baldassare noted that homelessness moving to the top of the list of concerns was an astonishing finding. She lost significant ground over the. Market data provided by Factset. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House on Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (My 2024 Republican rankings, from earlier this month, are here.) Prediction: Kamala Harris will never be elected president. VP Kamala Harris' ratings are generally favorabledepending on who you ask . She dropped out before the first votes were cast in Iowa months before. Discovery Company. Please see a special message from our sponsor. This makes Game of Thrones look like amateur hour. The former home of ding ding ding Jen Psaki. That article comes hard on the heels of a report in The New York Times documenting the growing whispers among Democrats that their best chance in 2024 might not be with Biden leading the ticket. The Public Policy Institute of California survey was conducted via telephone from September 16 to 25 with 1,705 California adult residents. (Reuters). Rather than lose in 2024, Democrats will move on to a nominee to be named later instead of risking their fortunes with Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris Rough Start. This year, shes Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Then, when the prospect of selecting Harris as running mate came up, the First-Lady-to-be said, There are millions of people in the United States. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. If you dont see your favorite on this list, dont despair: There are more 872 days between now and the 2024 general election. As the country has become more partisan, vice presidents have been less likely to enjoy broad support among the public. He has also issued executive orders on paid parental leave and carbon neutrality. Jennifer Jones Lee hosts your Friday morning Wake Up Call! However, Harris scored better than her predecessor in the recent Politico/Morning Consult survey. I mean, I don't understand the point you are making," she replied, laughing. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM TOM DEL BECCARO, Tom Del Beccaro is the chairman of theCaRevival.compolitical action committee that is supporting right of center grass roots efforts in California. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. After becoming vice president, Harris was asked to lead the administrations response to the contentious issue of immigration. Vice President Kamala Harris is a pioneer, a political celebrity and as a media-savvy Gen Xer a natural successor to the oldest president ever elected. Is this a mathematical error, or a weighting issue? Two recent polls gave Harris a net disapproval rating above eight percentage points. On September 15, he told Scott Pelley in a CBS 60 Minutes interview that he has not yet committed to run. The way she ran and the way she ended her campaign earned Klobuchar kudos, which could be useful if she runs again in 2024. Homelessness ranked as the most important issue facing the state for the first time in the Public Policy Institute of California surveys 20-year history, according to Baldassare. Harris' current approval ratings are a dismal 28% - far lower than the prior vice president at this juncture in his term. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! And The Atlantics Mark Leibovich argued that is the course he should take in a piece this week. The new California poll numbers come as Harris campaign is restructuring its leadership and attempting to streamline its decision-making. Its not even on my radar, he told the San Francisco Chronicle in May of a potential presidential bid. Never really has. The vice president also doesnt have a history of handling difficult political moments a requisite for presidential nominees and something she cannot simply laugh off. CNN is thinking about hiring a "comedian," or "news entertainment personality," for the 9 to 11 pm ET hours to provide "a nontraditional version of the news," wrote Tani, citing five . Whether the decline is directly related to the immigration debate is uncertain, however, as the dip in her approval also corresponds to a small decline in President Bidens job approval. In the July poll, Warren was at 15%, Sanders was at 12% and Biden was at 11% all trailing Harris, who got both a fundraising and a polling bounce after she delivered a fiery performance in the first debate in Miami by questioning the former vice presidents past opposition to busing for the purpose of desegregating schools. A non-partisan poll shows 51% of Americans predict Biden will leave and be replaced by Harris before the end of his term. Now, she owns it too," knocking her for her role in the botched execution of Bidens military withdrawal. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Kamala Harris is Madam Maytag the loneliest girl in DC. A USA Today/Suffolk poll from the weekend had grim numbers for both President Biden and VP Harris. A year and a half ago, just before their inauguration, 59% held a favorable opinion of Biden and 51% had a favorable view of Kamala Harris. Pence, for example, had a net favorability of roughly zero for much of his four years in the White House. Shock Prediction Confirmed. Its an open question as to whether that is the best thing for Democrats nationally. PSAKI PANNED FOR STATEMENT DEFENDING VITAL PARTNER KAMALA HARRIS: THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW ITS BAD. 12:15 AM EDT, Thu October 3, 2019. Kamala Harris Published November 16, 2021 11:26am EST Concha blasts Kamala Harris after CNN exposes 'dysfunction': Her own party doesn't like her The Vice President's 28% approval rating. A lot of NATO armored divisions are being moved to Poland and eastern NATO countries. This is in line with a flurry of recent surveys. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. All rights reserved. State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin is an American criminal case in the District Court of Minnesota in which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried and convicted of the murder of George Floyd during an arrest on May 25, 2020. Worse yet for Ms Harris, the poll shows that a majority of Americans 51 per cent . The border, for which she is somehow in charge of, is a disaster by all accounts. Dec. 9, 2021 7:05 pm ET. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. And its emanating from the top. While President Joe Biden's disapproval rating is similar to hers, at 53.1 percent, his approval rating is higher at 42.3 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight. Legal Statement. CNN commentator Bakari Sellers, who backed Harris' ill-fated presidential bid, complained on "New Day" about the overall way the first female vice president is treated in the media. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. After all, it isnt the sort of lofty perch that positions like Attorney General or Secretary of State are. It resulted in headlines such as this from ABC9 in the battleground state of Iowa also from last June: "Vice President Harris takes criticism from all sides on first foreign trip.". He is too old. Leibovich added: Biden will turn 80 on November 20. Vice President Kamala Harris has apparently disappeared from leading any public events on migration dodging one of the responsibilities bestowed upon her by the president for over seven months, a Daily Caller analysis found. A similar charge was made in a Politico article about her presidential run with the headline "The spectacular collapse of Kamala Harris," which stated "Aides groused about how Harris never built a base." Its just incredible, Baldassare said. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Kamala Harris's approval rating falls to 28%, a historic low for any modern vice president Jake Lahut Nov 8, 2021, 7:23 AM Vice President Kamala Harris. And that time is every day., VP HARRIS: "I think everyone here recognizes how extraordinary space is. We are not saying this is going to happen but look at what the world is doing. NATO is doing huge military exercise in Norway, 300 airplanes and 50 ships. 4. which Booker would have to answer in order to gain traction in a subsequent race. The op-ed included these lines: Despite pandemic relief, infrastructure investments and the historic Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, we promised more and voters remember those promises. Whoa! And then Jen Psaki sends out a tweet defending Harris, which only served to draw attention to the CNN story. Last year, Harris was a history-making figure who was historically historic. GavinNewsom while Californians were still stranded in Afghanistan. Part of that was because Harris never cultivated California voters. P.S. Time will tell whether Harris scores will rise or fall with the popularity of Biden. That puts Harris rating under Bidens by -6 percentage points. 10. Im not discounting the importance of the border.". A week earlier, Harris was mocked for touting "great wins" for Democrats in New York City and New Jersey, two deep blue areas, after Democrat Terry McAuliffe was defeated by Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. As the challenges facing the nation mount and fatigued base voters show low enthusiasm, Democrats in union meetings, the back rooms of Capitol Hill and party gatherings from coast to coast are quietly worrying about Mr. Bidens leadership, his age and his capability to take the fight to former President Donald J. Trump a second time., In response to the questions surrounding a Biden 2024 bid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on CNN this week: What I can say is the President has repeatedly said that he plans to run in 2024, and Im gonna have to leave it there. That speaks to some combination of political and economic uncertainty really surfacing and that has impacts on what choices people make when they go to the ballot. David Rutz is a senior editor at Fox News. Forty . However a good deal of Harris poor numbers have been caused by Harris herself. Harris took enormous criticism for her refusal to truly visit the border despite being named czar of our border crisis. On Monday, the vice president's approval rating stood at 39.5 percent while her. Sarahbeth Maney/Pool via REUTERS The text was obtained by CNN on January 8. A Leger poll, conducted between October 28 and 30, was worse for Harris, with 41 percent approval and 57 percent disapproval. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The results have a +/- 3.2 percentage point sampling margin of error for all adults, a +/-3.7 percentage point sampling margin of error for 1,344 registered voters and a +/- 4.2 percentage point sampling margin of error for 1,031 likely voters. Theres not an advantage from the fact that shes run in statewide races here in 2010, 2014 and 2016, said Mark Baldassare, who directs the survey and is the institutes president and CEO. On "Fox & Friends," Tuesday, Concha explained that the backlash CNN is receiving being called racist and sexist for its criticisms is the only defense Harris' supporters have in order to distract from her falling approval ratings and political failures. That's a full 10 points lower than the approval rating for President Joe Biden, according to the same poll. Now, those figures stand at 36% and 32% respectively.. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. Legal Statement. while Congress was convened to count the electoral votes and certify the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Beyond that, as I have written before on this page,Joe Bidens approval numbers wont recover significantlybecause he does not have the dynamism or charisma necessary to go out and rally America behind him. If shameless McCarthy doesnt force Pinocchio Santos to quit, hes complicit in a massive fraud on the American people, Blue meanie Joes divisive cop tirade is the president's latest battle with facts, Free goodies are migrant magnets exacerbating the border crisis, I went to McDonalds drive-thru for lunch but left with bags of cash instead, Ex-'SNL' star talks MLK Jr. 'penis' statue in 'Daily Show' debut: 'Can't unsee it', Plane bound for Puerto Rico hits another aircraft at JFK, days after near-collision, Lisa Marie Presley's grave prepped at Graceland across from Elvis'. . She had previously repeatedly laughed off questions about whether she would take the trip. Nope! In July, Harris was derided for arguing against voter ID laws by claiming rural Americans can't get photocopies of their IDs because "there's no Kinkos" or "OfficeMax near them.". Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. didn't want to take themselves," a former Harris aide told CNN, which based . Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Stuff will change! Less than a month later, she was out of the race and throwing her support to Biden. Fox News David Rutz and Brian Flood contributed to this report. The Democrats Overriding Desire to Win. In front of the scenes, Harris has sparked multiple controversies during her public appearances as vice president. Rare good news for planet: Ozone layer on track to recover within decades as chemicals are phased out CNN Breaking News Monday, 9 January 2023, 14:01 Breaking news , CNN , news , Ozone , Planet Post navigation Low approval ratings and the rumor mill in the great political circus that is Washington DC are chipping away at the figure of Kamala Harris, who almost a year ago made history not only by becoming the first woman to hold the office of vice-president of the United States, but also in being the first Black person to do so. Overall, despite their recent election losses in Virginia and elsewhere, Democrats are moving further to the left than where voters want to be. Politicians come and go but those with those with a loyal following tend to have greater prospects. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. High school senior Daniel Idfresne expressed his disappointment over the vice president, arguing she is 'out of touch' and is incompetent. Her own party doesn't like her. Let's get them elected. "On that point, by the way, our President has been very clear: We just need two more senators, and he will not let the filibuster to get in the way of passing the Women's Health Protection Act," Harris said. Harris hit an historic low approval rating of 28%, even lower than Dick Cheney's all-time. The largest difference is partisan, with opinions split down party lines. While Harris political stock has taken a major hit, she would still start an open 2024 Democratic race as the frontrunner, thanks in large part to her support from Black voters. "The fact is, shes come into this being a great team player because there was a thought that she would not be a team player, and shes been nothing but a great team player," Sellers said. Space is exciting. In the future, she will be saddled with the Biden administrations bad record and as the face of its most unpopular immigration border policy. She wound up finishing third, behind Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. Harris tumbled from 19% in July to 8% in the new poll by the institute, failing to sustain the momentum she sparked with her first debate performance in June. President Joe Biden has said he plans on running for a second term in 2024. Thats almost where Chinas approval rating (20%) stands after killing six million people. Elizabeth Warren: My eyebrows were raised when Warren took to the pages of The New York Times in April with an op-ed entitled: Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November. Her argument was that Democrats needed to pass as much of their agenda as possible before November and that voters would reward them for doing so. And within days of entering office, Harris faced controversy over an organization she once promoted, called the Minnesota Freedom Fund, after a man who was previously bailed out twice by the fund was arrested again. However,. 216 comments. Send Tammy Duckworth back to the Senate. And, rather than working to fix our supply chain problems, the harmful effects green energy regulations and COVID mandates imposed by the Biden administration are only making things worse. "Not today," she quipped while cracking herself up. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Harris net favorability versus past vice presidents, Gallup, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Of course, the fact that Bookers last effort was unsuccessful raises the question of why,? It turns out that doling out federal dollars for local projects is a very good way to build goodwill. Coopers biggest issue in a 2024 race? All rights reserved. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The name identification associated with being the states senator and somebody whos been on the ballot its not an advantage right now.. "Two more senators. On Monday, the vice president's approval rating stood at 39.5 percent while her disapproval rating was at 52 percent, according to an analysis of polls by FiveThirtyEight. Harris was also criticized in September for traveling to California to campaign for Democratic Gov. After stumbling through a fog of confusion about her position on the single-payer Medicare for All proposal and amid falling poll numbers over the past three months including in South Carolina, where a recent survey showed her at 3% Harris is moving her Senate chief of staff, Rohini Kosoglu, and senior adviser Laphonza Butler into top leadership positions within the campaign. In yet another sign of trouble for Sen. Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential race, the California Democrat has slid from an enviable front-runner position in her home state into the single digits in a new poll of likely voters in the Golden State. Sadly, no one in the major news media is concerned. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. A lengthy CNN piece Sunday outlined mutual exasperation between Harris and President Joe Biden's offices as her approval rating dips, with the former's aides feeling hung out to dry as she. A Fox News survey last month revealed that 45% of registered voters approved of Harris performance as vice president and 53% disapproved. Data from FiveThirtyEight shows the vice president has been consistently unpopular, and her net approval rating has not been positive since September 2021. As of this week, Harris' approval ratings are dismal; she has a 53% disapproval rating in one poll of registered voters. Patriots are being moved to Polish eastern boarder. Last week Harris got COVID remember that disease that killed 600,000 Americans after Joe Biden vowed to shut it down and no one even pretended to care. Vice President Kamala Harris, who has a habit of laughing when confronted by reporters, chuckled on Thursday when asked if she is being properly used by the Biden administration. He is an author, speaker and the former chairman of the California Republican Party. All Rights Reserved. (Its Also Tax & Penalty FREE). According to the Los Angeles Times, when her ratings were already. Some say that was why she was saddled with the border crisis and why her visibility is so low now. Amy Klobuchar: Unlike Booker, the Minnesota senator did have a moment in the 2020 race. Kamala Harris isn't very good at this. If she ever makes it to the presidency, itll be because Biden cant finish his term, not because America wants her there. When she dropped out in December of that year, her public polling largely stopped. 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