Has The Kamala Harris Phenomenon Peaked Too Early?

"Trump advisers said the Harris boomlet isn’t sustainable." - Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, July 23, 2024

Unlike the erratic leader himself Donald Trump the conservative movement has brilliant common-sense strategists. Otherwise conservatism in America wouldn't have grown so much and acquired such staying power. 

So, there might be something to the advisers' observation that the rapid emergence of the rebranded Kamala Harris isn't a phenomenon (like the one Trump has maintained over the years) that can be held together long term. 

We all experienced the dazzling Harris boomlet. 

There has been the kind of fundraising headed up by the extremely well-connected such as Paul, Weiss chair Brad Karp as well as contributions by first-time small donors. Together in one week that totaled $200 million. 

That helped fund a Harris Everywhere visibility, including in-person rallies, email blasts, a TikTok account, social media, media relations that resulted in high-profile establishment coverage and much more.

Endorsements poured in such as from the Clintons, the Black and the Hispanic Congressional Caucus, myriad billionaires and those just entering politics such as Melinda Gates. 

But we also experienced the Trump campaign boomlet after the confluence of an attempted assassination and an energetic national convention. Then things went flat, even defensive.

It is unreasistic to expect the current intensity of the Harris campaign to continue, that is, without masterful props.

Interestingly, Republican New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu puts what he calls the Harris "honeymoon" at one month. That sounds about right. 

Then those in the front lines of atrracting the money, like Karp, the strategists like Kamu M. Marshall and the-behind-the-scenes such as the 170,000 volunteers have to come up with fresh whatevers. Obviously the situation, as they say, is fluid. 

Meanwhile the next major political announcement - and that could distract from the Harris campaign - could be that JD Vance has decided to step down. There is also every reason to fear Trump's excellent track record for theatrics. Can Harris develop her own kind of performance art? 

As a registered Independent, I have not decided whom I will vote for. My number-one issue is preserving Social Security and Medicare, including annual COLA increases aligned with inflation. Although still working I no longer have any magical thinking that I will earn ever again what I had in my peak career years which ended at the end of my 50s.

In coaching the over-50, I warn that they may have to lower their earning expectations and begin to downsize spending. In 2014, I relocated my business from HCOL New York Metro area to LCOL southeastern Arizona. 

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