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SHE IS NOT JUST A WOMAN BUT A
WOMAN OF COLOR. DOES NOT SEEM SHE IS EAGER TO
DISCUSS THAT. HOW DID YOU VIEW NOT JUST HER
CONDUCT IN THE INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT IN THAT REGARD WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN SO FAR FROM HER CAMPAIGN? >> FIRST OF ALL AS ALWAYS,
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE AND UVA.
I THINK A GOOD SIGN FOR ME AND I WILL ANSWER THIS PERSONALLY
IS JUST WHAT YOU HAVE NOTED AND REMARKED UPON.
THAT IS THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN TALKING MUCH ABOUT HER
GENDER OR RACE OR ETHNICITY. OTHERS CERTAINLY HAVE.
AS YOU SAY, IT IS HISTORIC. IT IS NOT HISTORIC AT THIS
POINT TO HAVE A WOMAN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.
WE HAD HILLARY CLINTON. . YOU CAN BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY
SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE THAT
TURNED OUT POORLY FOR SECRETARY CLINTON IN 2016.
DONALD TRUMP ONE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE PRESIDENCY.
WHAT I AM REFERRING TO IS BY MY NOT THINKING ABOUT SHE IS NOT
TALKING ABOUT HER GENDER OR HER RACE OR HER ETHNICITY, MEN
DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP ON THE STUMP OR BE AT THE DEBATE OR BE
IN AN INTERVIEW AND TALK ABOUT BEING A MAN.
WE DO NEED TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE IT IS NOT OLD HAT. .
BUT WE JUST MOVE ON AND SAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON'S
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BARACK
OBAMA DID NOT WANT TO TALK A LOT ABOUT RACE WHEN HE WAS
RUNNING FOR THE NOMINATION AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON IN 2008.
WHEN IT CAME' UP ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY WITH HIS PASTOR
JEREMIAH WRIGHT, HE HAD TO GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT RACE.
I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING AS A PERSON WHO STUDIES THE KENNEDYS
AND PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY. SENATOR KENNEDY AND A 1960 DID
NOT WANT TO BRING UP HIS RELIGION.
HE WOULD BECOME THE FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC RESIDENT.
BUT WHEN HE STARTED BEING ATTACKED IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT
ELECTION YEAR, HE GAVE A FAMOUS SPEECH ABOUT BEING CATHOLIC AND
THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
IN A WAY YOU COULD SAY KAMALA HARRIS IS FOLLOWING IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND OBAMA OF LEADING -- LEAVING
THAT TO THE SIDE AND TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES. KAILEY:
ALTHOUGH SHE IS BEING ATTACKED. TO YOUR POINT THE PLAYER
CANDIDATES HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS THESE KIND OF THINGS AT THAT
POINT. IT RAISES THE IDEA THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS EQUATION IS THE CONDUCT OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE
WAY HE IS TALKING ABOUT HER. I TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM AND MEDIA AT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. THIS IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. >> WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR
HAVE TO PROVE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT SHE KNOWS. . THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LEANING
ON. AND THEY ARE HOPING HE WILL DO
THE DIRTY WORK FOR HER FRANKLY. BE SO RACIST IN HIS COMMENTARY
AND THAT WILL BE PUBLICIZED AND THAT IS ALL SHE HAS TO DO. KAILEY:
PROFESSOR, I WONDER IF THE ACTUAL QUESTION HERE IS AS MUCH
OF THE WAY KAMALA HARRIS TALKS ABOUT THESE THINGS AS IT IS
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. WE HAVE MULTIPLE ELECTION
CYCLES OF HIS BEHAVIOR TO LOOK BACK UPON. >> WE DO AND WE KNOW HE MAKES
PERSONNEL COMMENTS AND INDEED RACIAL COMMENTS, MISOGYNISTIC
COMMENTS, SEXUAL COMMENTS. WE KNOW HIS PERSONAL HISTORY
FROM THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE IN 2016 AS WELL AS HIS BEING
CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN A NEW YORK COURT.
WE KNOW HIS BACKGROUND AND WE KNOW HIS PROPENSITY.
I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
DON'T GET DOWN IN THE MUD AND WRESTLE.
YOU ONLY COME UP LOOKING MUDDY YOURSELF. .
IN THE CASE OF KAMALA HARRIS, MAYBE MORE SO THAN JOHN KENNEDY
AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC OR BARACK OBAMA AS A BLACK MAN. .
SHE HAS THESE THREE ELEMENTS THAT COULD WORK AGAINST HER
AMONG SOME PEOPLE. SO JUST CONTINUE TO DO WHAT SHE
IS DOING. SHE IS CONTINUING TO SURGE IN
THE POLLS. SHE HAS HAD A GREAT FIVE WEEKS.
SHE HAD AN ALMOST PERFECT CONVENTION.
SHE DID FIND LAST NIGHT IN THE INTERVIEW.
THE NEXT BIG CHALLENGE FOR HER WILL BE THE DEBATE STAGE.
IF SHE WERE TO CALL ME, I WOULD SAY DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
AS MY DAD USED TO SAY WHEN I WAS SUCCESSFUL.
DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. IT IS WORKING FOR YOU. .
IT IS WORKING FOR HER. DON'T GET DOWN AT HIS MUDDY
LEVEL AND WRESTLE. BE CLEAR ON THE TOPICS.
IF HE UNDERCUTS HIMSELF, SO BE IT. KAILEY: IN TERMS OF WHAT IS WORKING FOR
HER, A KIND OF DESCRIPTOR OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN
TERMS OF THE FUNDRAISING AND THE ENERGY, IT HAS BEEN SAID TO
ME MANY TIMES IT IS VIBES. THIS IS VIBES SHE HAS GOING FOR
HER RIGHT NOW. LOOKING BACK AT HISTORY, DO
VIBES WIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? >> IT IS THE FIRST TIME AS A
POLITICAL SCIENTIST AS WELL AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY I HAVE EVER HEARD THAT TERM REFERRED
TO. USUALLY IT WAS THE BIG MOMENTUM.
I THINK IT IS SIMILAR TO THAT. I WOULD SAY WE SAW THAT
PARTICULARLY IN 2000 -- EXCUSE ME, IN 2008 WITH BARACK OBAMA.
THERE WAS A LOT OF JOY AND A LOT OF MOMENTUM.
I'M NOT SURE WE CALLED IT A VIBE IN THOSE DAYS.
MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BEACH BOYS FROM THE 1960'S.
BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN VIBRANCY ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM
WALZ, HER RUNNING MATE. THEY ARE ENERGETIC.
THEY ARE JOYFUL AS THEY ARE CALLING THEMSELVES.
JOYFUL WARRIORS. THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
PARTICULARLY IF PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR THAT, THEY ARE
HOPING FOR A SENSE OF JOY AND POSITIVITY AND OPTIMISM WHICH
IS NOT TYPICALLY THE DONALD TRUMP APPROACH TO CAMPAIGNING
WORK FOR THAT MATTER OF GOVERNING. KAILEY: THOSE THAT MEAN THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO SKATE THROUGH THE NEXT 66 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY ON
VIBES ALONE WITHOUT HAVING TO GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE
ACTUAL KIND OF POLICY THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE
TABLE? KAMALA HARRIS TOUCHED ON SOME
OF THAT LAST NIGHT. LARGE BROAD STROKES WE HAD
HEARD FROM HER BUT NOT VERY GRANULAR. >> I AM ALWAYS A LITTLE PUZZLED
BY THAT ANALYSIS. ON THE ECONOMY, SHE GAVE A
PRETTY SPECIFIC SPEECH IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT HER ECONOMIC PLAN.
IT MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE.
AGAIN, IF SHE WERE TO CALL ME, I WOULD SAY KEEP IT ABOUT THAT
LEVEL. COME UP WITH A THEME AND FOR
HER IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY.
SHE HAD THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN TERMS OF OFFERING
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS A $25,000 HELP FOR DOWN PAYMENT FROM THE
GOVERNMENT. THOSE KIND OF THINGS I THINK
SHE HAS BEEN SPECIFIC ON. IF SHE DOES NOT GET A CONGRESS,
SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS THESE THINGS ANYWAY. SHE NEEDS TO BE GENERALLY AS
SPECIFIC -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN OXYMORON BUT SHE NEEDS TO HAVE
THE BROADBRUSH DRUGS AND BE AS DETAILED AS SHE CAN.
SHE HAS BEEN ABOUT GAZA. SHE HAS BEEN ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
SHE HAS BEEN ABOUT HEALTH CARE. SHE HAS BEEN ABOUT ACCESS TO
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND IVF. I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT PUZZLING
PEOPLE ARE SAYING SHE IS NOT BEING SPECIFIC.
MAYBE NOT SPECIFIC FOR SOME PEOPLE.
I WOULD CONTRAST THAT WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO OFTEN DOES NOT
OFFER SPECIFICS OR WHEN HE DOES, THEY ARE INACCURATE. >> I GUESS PERHAPS HERE AT
BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL DATA AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND NUMBERS
ARE WHAT WE LIVE FOR. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT OUR AUDIENCE
MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE OF.
MY FINAL QUESTION IS WE WILL HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS AND
DONALD TRUMP JOINTLY ON STAGE IN LESS THAN TWO WAKES IN THE
-- TWO WEEKS. WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK BACK TO
KENNEDY AND NIXON TO UNDERSTAND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES CAN BE
TRANSFORMATIVE. WE HAVE SEEN THIS THIS TIME
AROUND BECAUSE IT WAS THE JUNE 27 DEBATE THAT PRECIPITATED JOE
BIDEN DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE. HOW CONSEQUENTIAL WILL IT BE? >> A FOR EXAMPLE THE VICE
PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE A TERRIBLE STUMBLE AND THAT IS
WHAT SHE HAS TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS, A TERRIBLE STATEMENT AND
I GO BACK TO 1976. GERALD FORD, THE PRESIDENT
RUNNING AGAINST JIMMY CARTER AND INSISTING POLAND WAS NOT
UNDER SOVIET DOMINATION EVEN WHEN HE WAS PRESSED ON IT.
HE SAID IT AGAIN. THAT WAS JUST INACCURATE. .
IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISSPEAK. THAT LED IN ART TO HIS LOSING A
CLOSE ELECTION TO JIMMY CARTER IN ADDITION TO THE FACT FORD
HAD PARDONED NIXON AND THAT HURT HIM AS WELL.
IT WAS A BAD ECONOMY AND A LOT OF INFLATION. AVOID MISSPEAKING.
AVOID INACCURACIES. DON'T GET DOWN AT THE SAME
LEVEL AS TRUMP. BE SHARP AND COME BACK IF SHE
NEEDS TO COME BACK AT HIS ACCUSATIONS OR IF SHE NEEDS TO
CORRECT HIM. OR IF SHE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN
HERSELF. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT
DONALD TRUMP IS LIKE AND HOW HE WILL PRESENT HIMSELF AND WHAT
KINDS OF THINGS HE WILL SAY. SHE JUST NEEDS TO CHECK ANOTHER
BOX AND SAY GOT THROUGH THAT. DID NOT MAKE ANY BIG MISTAKES
AND SHOW HERSELF TO BE THE PROFESSIONAL SHE IS.