WASHINGTON _ Kamala Harris is likely to get a unique chance to question a Supreme Court nominee uninterrupted before a national audience as Americans head to the polls _ an opportunity supporters see as an important boost for the Democrats' presidential ticket.
"It will help get people to the polls," Avis Jones-DeWeever, policy analyst at the Black Women's Roundtable, told the Sacramento Bee. In particular, she said, "It will help among the far left who may not have been as enthusiastic about a Biden-Harris ticket."
Independent analysts tend to agree, though they do see some political risks. "She's a polarizing figure as soon as she enters the room," said Timothy Walch, Iowa-based author of "At the President's Side: The Vice Presidency in the Twentieth Century."
