Yikes! Kamala Harris Aide Resigns With Scathing Letter: Staff Treated "Poorly," No "Real Plan to Win

[LeftInTX]

This is being reported by numerous outlets. I really was excited about Kamala. However, in her first debate her delivery was not the best. I also noticed this in other debates. I believe she performed her best in the November debate. I really wanted her to succeed. They are also pointing to the fact that her sister is her campaign chairwoman (makes me cringe)

Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign is in deep trouble. The senator was once seen as one of the most promising contenders for the Democratic nomination. Now she seems stuck in the low single digits. And those who know how her campaign has been run don’t seem exactly surprised. The New York Times talked to “more than 50 current and former campaign staff members and allies” who described in detail how the campaign seems to have made one bad decision after another while failing to manage personnel very effectively.

The unhappiness within Harris’ team was evident in the resignation letter of Kelly Mehlenbacher, the campaign’s state operations director, in November. “This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly,” Mehlenbacher wrote, criticizing the leaders of the campaign for laying off staffers without notice. She went on to say that “with less than 90 days until Iowa we still do not have a real plan to win.” Even though Mehlenbacher emphasized that she still thinks “Harris is the strongest candidate” for the general election, “I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership.”

Many of those the Times spoke to seem to lay much of the blame for the current situation on two people: Maya Harris, the campaign chairwoman, and Juan Rodriguez, the campaign manager. Maya Harris is the senator’s sister so she often goes unchallenged and campaign adies say that it isn’t clear who is actually in charge. They also point the finger at Harris herself, noting that she often waffled and didn’t seem clear of where she wanted to go, never actually choosing a side in the liberals vs moderates battle that has come to dominate the Democratic contest.

It seems many people close to the senator have been upfront with her that she needs to shake things up. Rep. Marcia Fudge, who endorsed Harris, says she must fire Rodriguez. But at the same time, she acknowledged Harris herself was to blame for at least some of the problems within the campaign. “I have told her there needs to be a change,” Fudge said. “The weakness is at the top. And it’s clearly Juan. He needs to take responsibility — that’s where the buck stops.” Harris declined to be interviewed for the piece.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/kamala-harris-aide-resigns-scathing-letter-staff-

[emmaverybo]

1. Don't see problem with sister if she's capable. Biden's sis no longer handling, but has. NT

[LeftInTX]

2. I see it as a real negative because she's not objective.

[emmaverybo]

4. That would be a negative. Maybe why Biden after years and years isn't putting Valerie in that

position. Love may not be enough to run a pro caliber campaign.

[Indykatie]

3. Staff Jumping Ship on a Falling Campaign To Join Anther Campaign While Pissing on It on Way Out

I've seen this movie too many times. So the NYT went and found 50 former staff for their story. Too bad they didn't pursue Trump campaign corruption with such vigor. This feels like overkill to me and I'm not even a Harris supporter.

[emmaverybo]

5. I'm not either. But there should be an NDA if these disenchanted folks can't hold their tongues out

of a sense of loyalty and ethics. MSM should have investigated Trump’s campaign.

[brooklynite]

6. Donald Trump would certainly approve of that concept...

[emmaverybo]

8. Ah. You got me there.

[madville]

7. The easiest way to prevent this

Is to not run a dysfunctional and inept campaign, seems pretty simple unless one is incapable of leading a few hundred employees, better to find out now before being responsible for leading over 300 million people.

[mcar]

9. Staffer went to work for Bloomberg

This is a hit job, IMO.

[LeftInTX]

10. Thank you! I hope it is!

[SaschaHM]

11. "No real plan to win"

So she jumps ship to a billionaire (with even less of a chance of winning) and burns every bridge on the way out. How much is she getting paid?

No campaign is ever going to touch her with a 10 foot pole after this.
Every campaign has struggles at some point, even winning ones. No one wants a staffer ready to publicly air out grievances before a ballot is even cast. If Sen. Harris' campaign is going to crash and burn, let it. No need to feed into the media's hunger to hasten the demise.

Hell, I've read more about Kamala's imminent defeat than I have about candidates doing worse than her or candidates that have already had their organizations crash and burn. This is just a lot of ink to waste on someone polling at 5-7th depending on the state/poll.