After nearly 40 days of no interviews or press conferences, Kamala Harris has finally decided to grace CNN’s Dana Bash with her presence in a safe, pre-taped two-on-one interview featuring VP pick Tim Walz. The Harris team certainly knew what they were doing when they selected Bash for this job; she’s been one of TV news’s most persistent Biden White House defenders, and her interviews with Democrats almost always include a handful of softballs and non-questions.
Bash surprised just about everyone during the first (and only) presidential debate between Biden and Trump. Despite their obvious disdain for the former President, both Bash and co-moderator Jake Tapper were remarkably reserved. They never interrupted either candidate with unsolicited “fact checks,” they allowed both men roughly the same amount of speaking time, and they even had a few tough questions for President Biden.
This upcoming Harris event, however, could be a different story. …