'Her Greatest Weakness Is Her Greatest Strength': Mark Penn Discusses Kamala Harris' Candidacy

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO of Stagwell Inc., discussed Vice President Kamala Harris compared to former President Donald Trump.

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00:00J.D. Vance's first two weeks as the vice presidential nominee do seem like a

00:04series of unforced errors here with those comments resurging. He hasn't had

00:09the most favorable social media embrace but aside from that and women where else

00:15is the Trump campaign the weakest? Well I mean obviously the black vote I think

00:22is coming back around Kamala Harris but Trump campaign has a lot of strengths

00:26they are winning they're doing well with independence they're doing they're

00:30doing well with the Latino vote I think here that that that neither side has

00:36adequately addressed and and has really hurt particularly the working-class

00:40Latino vote is hurt dramatically by the impact of inflation and the and the

00:46economy most Latinos see their economic fortune as as moving backwards and and

00:53so I think that you see Kamala Harris doing somewhat somewhat better with

00:58young people with black voters the Trump campaign obviously doing well with rural

01:04areas but also doing well with suburban also having a real issue advantage in

01:09terms of inflation and immigration and crime all being top issues so so and

01:16remember ultimately only 42% think that Biden did a good job as president so the

01:22fact that she's out there campaigning today behind with Biden proposals on the

01:26Supreme Court you know those are real problems in in terms of how does she win

01:32as a continuation of the Biden administration when most people reject

01:37continuing the Biden administration. She's coming in with about a hundred

01:42days left so there's very little runway for her she's also coming in behind

01:46President Trump in the polls what else does Vice President Kamala Harris see as

01:52weaknesses in her campaign? Well I think her greatest weakness is her greatest

01:59strength which is if she can avoid the issues and project an image of

02:04confidence and enthusiasm and run the table out maybe maybe she'll debate

02:10maybe maybe not maybe just just one debate if she can do that she can kind

02:15of maybe glide in here most people think when we looked at some of the personal

02:20attributes that she's got a great temperament compared to Donald Trump and

02:23if she can make Trump seem that you know that that that his temperament isn't

02:30right for the presidency and hers in the country and hers is right I think

02:35obviously she's got some issues in terms of the weaknesses does she favor open

02:40borders you know you know is does she favor moving to EVs and getting rid of

02:46gas cars we did a number of questions does she favor getting rid of private

02:50health insurance I mean really two-thirds to two three-quarters of the

02:56voters oppose all those policies that she's on record as favoring in the past

03:01so if she's really pinned down on those policies is she has she changed her views

03:06or or not those are going to be I think important issues here to her to resolve

03:12one way or the other or to avoid

'Her Greatest Weakness Is Her Greatest Strength': Mark Penn Discusses Kamala Harris' Candidacy

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