My Ten Questions for Kamala Harris

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I woke up Sunday morning pleasantly surprised to see Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz doing a live interview on Fox News Sunday. Host Shannon Bream is no pushover and was aggressive in her questioning of him. He did just fine in my opinion, and should do more.

I thought his weakest answers were on the Democrats strongest issue, abortion, where he both mischaracterized the bill he as Governor signed in Minnesota while stating Donald Trump supports a national abortion ban (Trump has made it clear several times that he does not). His strongest answers were his support for Israel without endorsing any specific tactics by them.

Kamala Harris does the traditional '60 Minutes' interview tonight. Donald Trump will not, and I think he's making a mistake. Advantage Harris.

The interview will air on the 1-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attack on Israel, interesting timing to say the least, and I'll be watching with great interest. The interview will be done by veteran CBS News reporter Bill Whitaker, no lightweight himself.

When I trained young journalists, I would instruct them that when interviewing political leaders during campaigns to avoid the horserace questions, but rather ask questions designed to provide deeper insights into their governing philosophy. To demonstrate, here are the ten questions I would ask Harris if given the opportunity.

1. Israel informs you they are going to strike at Iran's nuclear infrastructure. What would be your response to them?
2. Your father wrote a book titled ‘Capital Accumulation and Income Distribution’ which espoused the economic theories of Karl Marx and post-Keynesian socialism.  What do you think your father got right when it came to economics, and what did he get wrong?
3. Surveys show most Americans do not feel better off now than under the Trump administration. Only four counties in the entire country have seen real wage growth over inflation since President Biden was elected.  How do you respond to voters who feel the Biden/Harris administration has failed them economically?
4. You said you were the last person in the room when the decision to leave Afghanistan was made.  Tell us how successful you personally believe that evacuation was?
5. You have not held a single news conference since being nominated.  Why do you think it is unimportant for candidates who want to be president to hold news conferences?
6. Do you have any regrets about your public response at the time to the Hur report indicating President Biden's mental state was in decline?
7. You talk about programs you think the government should spend more on.  With such a high deficit, what government programs do you believe should be cut?
8. You said you would sign the bipartisan bill on border security.  Does that mean you are committed to spending the $6 billion in that bill allocated for a border wall?
9. Your running mate as Governor of Minnesota signed an abortion bill which allows the procedure at the 9th month of pregnancy. Was he right to do so?
10. Sen. Bernie Sanders has publicly stated that if elected, he is confident that you will govern as a progressive liberal. Is he right or wrong about that?

Polls show that Harris is still largely unknown by many voters. I think her answers to questions like these would fill in many of the blanks for them.