Nothing she says now matters.
If elected, Kamala Harris is going to go for it.
Forget the flip-flopping to try to get to the center, the irenic DNC address, the moderate tone and emphasis on a New Way Forward crafted to be wholly unobjectionable.
All of that will be instantly inoperative as of January 21, 2025, if not right after Election Day.
We’ve all seen the movie before — a Democrat runs on a centrist or centrist-sounding platform, then governs to the left as soon as he assumes office. Bill Clinton, who cut his political teeth in cultural conservative Arkansas, did it. So did Barack Obama, who swathed his program in gauzy generalities. So, of course, did Joe Biden, who was supposed to be a unifier above all else.
The recent history suggests that it is impossible for a Democrat not to run this play, or, put another way, it’s the only play they’ve got.