Jonathan Bernstein: “Sen. Kamala Harris did a CNN Town Hall in Iowa on Monday night. If anyone had doubts about her readiness for the campaign trail, her performance should’ve put them to rest. She knew her stuff, knew how to interact with a big crowd on television and generally seemed as presidential as anyone does in such settings, at least aside from actual presidents.”
“That said, it’s not clear that she can stand out from the crowd. She’s good at this type of campaigning. But I expect Senators Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren and a few others will be solid as well. As a group, they’re well-informed on policy (or at least know enough to fake it). They have real proposals that they can talk about in shorter or longer bursts. They know how to deliver an attack line against the president (to which the audience of Iowa Democrats was extremely receptive). They’re going to seem professional and serious.”
