Harris Aims for the Middle of the Democratic Field

“Sen. Kamala Harris is increasingly pitching herself as the presidential candidate who can bridge the growing divide within the Democratic Party by focusing more on kitchen-table issues than ideological labels,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Competing against fellow top-tier Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose campaign slogan is ‘big structural change,’ and Sen. Bernie Sanders who has been promising a ‘political revolution,’ Ms. Harris has in recent appearances tried to distinguish herself by laying out a vision that is still liberal, but less far-reaching than those of the two prominent progressives.”

“She has also sought to be more aggressive on issues like health-care reform and climate change than former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner in the primary contest who has accused Ms. Harris of lacking clear positions.”