For Harris, it’s that she has not been able to answer a simple question, writes Mulvaney: “How would you be different from Joe Biden?”
Harris has had several opportunities to answer that question, and has prevaricated each time, often descending into the “indecipherable mumbo-jumbo psychobabble that has become her hallmark.”
For Trump, it will be because of Jan. 6, 2021, writes Mulvaney. “Face it: is there anyone out there who doesn’t believe that, but for that awful day, Trump would be walking back into the White House?”
Most voters have made up their minds, says Mulvaney. “The people in the middle are trying to figure out who she is, and she hasn’t told them. They are also trying to figure out if they can trust him in office again.”
“Commentators, politicos and the media tend to want to make politics seem very complex and profound. And I suppose sometimes it can be. But more often than not, winning and losing are ultimately about simple things.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.