SUPPORTERS. >> CHENUE HER REPORTING LIVE
FOR US TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
LET'S BRING IN OUR 11ALIVE
POLITICAL ANALYSTS NOW, DR.
ANDRA GILLESPIE WITH THE
UNIVERSITY AND GU CONSULTANT
MIKE HASSENGER.
MIKE HASSENGER. ANDRA, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
KAMALA HARRIS, WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT DO YOU THINK IT WILL
HAVE ON DEMOCRATS AS THEY MAYBE
RALLY AROUND MORE BEHIND JOE
BIDEN OR DO YOU SEE SOME
FRACTURES THERE IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE WHO WANTED OTHER PEOPLE
TO MAKE IT ONTO THE TICKET?
>> I SUSPECT MOST DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS WILL RALLY AROUND THIS
TICKET EVEN IF THEY WOULD HAVE
PREFERRED A DIFFERENT
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. WE KNOW HARRIS WASN'T
NECESSARILY THE FIRST CHOICE
AMONGST THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, BUT I FIND
IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THOSE
VOTERS WOULD ONE, VOTE FOR
DONALD TRUMP OR, TWO, THEY
WOULD STAY HOME TO GIVEN THEIR
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. I THINK IN THIS RACE AT THE
VERY LEAST JOE BIDEN DID NO
HARM AND AT BEST, HE CAN SHORE
UP SUPPORT AND PERHAPS KEEP
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS EXCITED.
EXCITED.
EXCITED. I WOULD SAY GIVEN ALL THE HYPE
AND DISCUSSION AROUND JOE BIDEN
PICKING A BLACK WOMAN TO BE HIS
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE,
IF HE HAD DONE SOMETHING OTHER
THAN DO THAT TONIGHT THAT THAT
WOULD HAVE HAD A POTENTIALLY
DEMOBILIZING EFFECT.
DEMOBILIZING EFFECT. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE
DISAPPOINTED IN SENATOR HARRIS'
RECORD AS A PROSECUTOR IN THAT
IMPACT ON AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND
OTHER MINORITIES.
OTHER MINORITIES. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT PLAYING OUT
MOVING FORWARD?
MOVING FORWARD? >> THIS IS SOMETHING SHE'LL
HAVE TO WORK ON AND REACH OUT
TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.
ANY VICE PRESIDENT ATMOSPHERE
CANDIDATE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO
WORK ALONG VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AND NOT
TAKE THAT VERY IMPORTANT
CONSTITUENCY FOR GRANTED, BUT
PICKING SOMEONE LIKE KAMALA
HARRIS OR IF HE HAD CHOSEN VAL
DEMINGS WOULD ACTUALLY BLUNT
THE LAW AND ORDER CAMPAIGN
WHICH DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE
BEEN WORKING FOR THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE STEERED
AWAY FROM THAT IN RECENT WEEKS
IN THEIR AD CAMPAIGN.
SO I THINK THAT KIND OF ENDS
THE DISCUSSION THAT IF THERE'S
GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM,
SOMEBODY LIKE KAMALA HARRIS WHO
HAS EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR
MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO REACH
OUT TO PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS ISSUE TO TRY TO SORT OF
FORGE AN AGREEMENT HOW TO MOVE
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> MICHAEL, WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE RESPONSE TO THIS PICK FROM
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THINGS.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE NICKNAME
PHONEY KAMALA.
PHONEY KAMALA. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WE'LL SEE
FROM THE GOP IN RESPONSE TO
THIS PICK?
THIS PICK? >> I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY
PREDICTABLE.
PREDICTABLE. THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH HER
RECORD AS ANDRA JUST MENTIONED
OF PROSECUTING VIGOROUSLY MINOR
DRUG CHARGES IN CALIFORNIA THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
THEY'RE
THEY'RE GOING TO START TRYING TO ASSIGN NICKNAMES AND TO TRY
TO SORT OF PIGEON HOLE IN THE
VOTERS' BRAINS WHAT THEY NEED
TO REMEMBER ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS.
I
I DON'T
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL WORK. THIS ISN'T 2016 ANYMORE.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT
DYNAMIC.
DYNAMIC.
DYNAMIC. THIS IS AN ERA OF NEGATIVE
PARTISANSHIP.
BIDEN
BIDEN BOXED HIMSELF IN AS FAR AS OPTION GOES FOR A VICE
PRESIDENTIAL PICK DURING A
DEBATE WHERE HE PROMISED HE
WOULD PICK A WOMAN AND I'M
GOING FROM MEMORY HERE, BUT I
WANT TO SAY THE LAST POLL TAKEN
BEFORE SENATOR HARRIS DROPPED
OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
SHE WAS POLLING IN SINGLE
DIGITS, 5, 6, 7%, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AMONG AFRICAN-
AMERICAN VOTERS.
AMERICAN VOTERS. SO SHE WASN'T THE ONE WHO WAS
EXCITING THE BLACK VOTERS, BUT
BLACK VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
PROPELLED JOE BIDEN BACK INTO
THE RACE, GAVE HIM A HEAD OF
MOMENTUM AND HE BECAME THE
DEFAULT NOMINEE AFTER THE SOUTH
CAROLINA PRIMARY.
SO
SO IT'S
SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF BLACK VOTERS FALLING IN LINE.
IT'S A QUESTION OF JOE BIDEN
FULFILLING HIS PROMISE TO A
VERY IMPORTANT BLOCK OF
DEMOCRAT VOTERS AND THOSE ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS. >> MIKE, I'M ALSO SEEING PEOPLE
ONLINE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT A
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
BETWEEN SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING AS WE
SEE THOSE TWO MATCH UP?
>>
>> I
>> I WOULD EXPECT FROM SENATOR HARRIS TO BE DYNAMIC AND COME
OUT SWINGING AND I WOULD EXPECT
MIKE PENCE TO BE AS BORING AS
DRY TOAST, WHICH HAS SORT OF
BEEN HIS TRADEMARK.
WHICH ONE PLAYS WELL MORE WITH
THE VOTERS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO
SEE.
SEE.
SEE. >>
SEE. >> THANK YOU SO