Hand it to Vice President Kamala Harris: After President Joe Biden unceremoniously ended his quest for a second term, within just a couple of days, Harris not only reinvented herself, but also shut down any potential challengers for the nomination. Poor Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). He saw the writing on the wall about Biden’s second term a year in advance and played the loyal soldier while campaigning with a nod and wink to replace him, but Harris managed to shunt him unceremoniously aside.

Politicos observe that no candidate has had the Hollywood base that Harris has, but Democrats who applaud her ability to tap that gravy train fail to understand that such close association with Hollywood is no longer a positive with average people. The culture and values of Hollywood are simply too foreign.