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Harris Launches Unscripted Interview Blitz

October 8, 2024 · 6:44 am ET · Leave a Comment

“After taking over the Democratic ticket, picking a running mate, staging a convention and turning in a strong debate performance, Vice President Kamala Harris is now embracing potentially the riskiest test of a presidential campaign — the day-to-day grind of unscripted interviews,” the Washington Post reports.

“From podcasts to town halls to late night shows and network sit-downs, Harris and Walz plan to spend much more of the final month before the election in situations they cannot fully control — after an initial two months when the vice president agreed to few such events.”

“At the core of the strategy is a reality that Democrats inside and outside her campaign have accepted: Harris is locked in a margin-of-error race, despite vastly outspending her opponent Donald Trump in advertising and field operations. Her campaign will soon lock in all its spending plans for the closing weeks. One of the few levers she has left to pull is putting herself before the audiences of other media outlets and influencers.”

New York Times: 7 takeaways from Harris’s interview on “60 Minutes.”

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