The new Biden adminitration:The historicopportunity of a brilliantwoman: Kamala Harris

It hasjustfinished, ornotyet, themostconvulsive American elections in recenthistory. Let’s hope thatthe Gore-Bush crazyplayisnotrepeated, muchlessenlarged, althoughitseemsthatthisisgoing to be a wishratherthan a reality. OnJanuary 20, 2021, themosterratic American president in modernhistorywillleavethe Oval office to a lifelongpolitician, a senatorwith 32 years of service and 8 years of vice presidentwiththePresidentObama. But Biden playswith a very heavy handicap: hisage. He willoccupythe White House at theage of 77 and if he wants to run for re-election he will be 81yearsold. This and othercriticalfactorsputthe figure of his vice president, Kamala Harris, in capital letters. A brilliantwomanwhowillplay a crucial role in thisadministration.

November 5, 2020Reading Time. 5:20 min

I definedtheelection of Trump as president of theUnitedStatesfouryearsago as anaccident in thehistory. Now, afterfouryears of martyrdom and beinghonored, I cannotratifymyself. I havedefinitelydiscovered a sleeping Americadifferentfromtheone I thought I knew. Trump had and still has a verysolid and perhapsverydangerous base, not in terms of violencebut in terms of a lack of criticalspirit and therefore manipulable bypopulism. Although, and perhapsthisisalsothe general trend of theworldpopulation.

Biden’svictory, although Trump doesnotwant to acknowledgeit – and in factwewillseehowlongittakes and whatpressure he needs to do so – has been, althoughmeager, clearerthantheone Trump obtainedover Hilary Clinton. OnJanuary 20, theterm of themosterraticPresident in thehistory of theUnitedStateswillend.

“Theonewho has mobilizedthemasses has notbeentheDemocrats. Itwas Trump, butagainsthim. “

Biden isgoing to be thePresident of theUnitedStateswiththemost popular vote in thehistory of the country. A true milestone. Butitisthat Trump isgoing to lose havingreceived more votes thananypreviousPresidents. ButlettheDemocrats, muchless Biden, thinktheyhavemobilizedthemasses. Theonewho has mobilizedthem, butagainstthem, has been Trump. So nowit’s time to seewho haschosen as themostpowerfulpersonontheplanet.

Unlike Trump, Biden is a predictablecharacter, and he isbecause he isnotan“outsider” to politicslike Trump was, but a lifelongpolitician. A prestigiousSenator and a seasonedVice President, whoserved, notonlylooked, duringtheeightyears of the Obama administration. Butlet’snotforget, Biden is 77 yearsold, thatis, no matterhowhealthy he is, hisagewillweighonhim. Moreover, no matterhowwell he exerciseshisfirstterm, whenitends he will be 81 yearsold. He isgoing to becometheoldestcandidate in history to be electedpresident, letalone be re-elected. And thisiswheretheonewhofor me will be the true protagonist of thislegislature, Vice President Kamala Harris, emerges.

“Biden’s 77 yearsor 81 in fouryears, makethe true protagonist of thislegislatureisgoing to be Kamala Harris.”

If Biden played a relevant role duringthe Obama administration, Kamala Harris isgoing to have a much more importantone in Biden’s. Formanyreasons, thefirstbeinghowold Biden would be if he run forreelection; and thesecondbecauseitwill be thefirstopportunity, afterHilary’sfailure, to seat a woman in the Oval Office, not to take a picture, but to command, and itisanopportunitythatanyliberal woman,anyAfrican American oranyDemocraticvoterwillwant to pass up. So everythingwilldependonher.

Butwhois Kamala Harris? I have to admitthatshewasunknown to me until mid-2018 whensomefriendstold me abouther at a dinner in San Francisco. At that time amongthepossibleDemocraticcandidates, in addition to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and a rookie in thesebrawlsthatwas Amy Klobucharsounded. And I alreadytoldthemthat I believedthateitherthecandidatewas Biden orbetterthattheyemigrated, because he wastheonlyonewhocouldoppose Trump. But I becameinterested in Harris, and as I got to know more abouther, the more shecaughtmyattention and I diditbecause I saw in hereverythingthatcould lead her to the White House in thefuture.

“Thedaughter of twobrilliantminds, this 56-year-old Juris doctor has becomeanexpert in D.C.”

Kamala Harris isthedaughter of immigrantswhoresponds to the American paradigm. Hercoloredfatheris of Jamaicanorigin and hermotherisIndian. And althoughsheismixedrace, shelikes to callherselfAfrican American. Sheis a veryintelligentwoman and thosewhohavehadtheopportunity to listentotalkwillagreewith me thatitiswhat in Spainiscalled “easyverb”, a veryimportantquality in a politicianwhomustknowhow to reachthemasses, withoutbeing a populist.

As itisalsosaid, “a chip off theold block”, herparents are twoprodigiousminds: hermother a renownedscientist and herfather a professor of economics at theprestigious Stanford University. Kamala Harris is a Juris Doctor and has dedicatedherentireprofessionallife to publicservicefromtheprosecution office, becomingelectedAttorneyGeneral of California and laterSenator. Therefore, sheknowsperfectlynotonlypoliticsbutalsotheSenate, whosepresidencyshewillassumeforthenextfouryears.

Hereshewillhave to dealwith a Senatewherethepoliticalforces are notgoing to change, sinceexceptfor a verylast minute surprise, theDemocratswillstay in 49 seatsforthe 51 of theRepublicans. And evenifthey try to use thefilibusterismtheywanted to fightagainstiftheyhadthemajority of the camera, they are going to findlawsthat are notgoing to be to theirliking. But so, and luckilyforeveryone, itisdemocracy.

“Biden and Harris havetwoyears to rebuild a country mired in disunity and aneconomic and health crisis.”

Biden, and therefore Harris, havethetitanictask of carryingout a true nationalreconstruction, and theymustputitnotonly in motion, butalsomove at cruisingspeedbeforeNovember 2022, the date of thenextelections of mid-term.

Trump has dividedthemostuniteddemocracyontheplanet, the American one. Thepopulationconfrontationis brutal. In the 35 yearsthat I havebeenstudyingthatdiverse country fromallpoints of view and in many places, I haveneverseentheconfrontationbetweenAmericansthat I seenow. And itis a match unlikeanypreviousone I haveeverseen, orevenexperienced. Itis rural AmericaagainsturbanAmerica.

The American peoplehavealwaysbeen a disparate people. In Europe, and mainly in Spain, thepopulationischaracterizedbyanacceptableschooleducation. Thisdoesnothappen in Americans. Spain has deplorable universitystudiesbutaveragestudiesthatreachalmost 85% of thepopulation. Poor, butacceptable. Well, maybeI’mbeinggenerous to my country, butthe country throws me. Butitisthat in theUnitedStates, whereitsuniversity elites are amongthebest in theworld, itsschooleducationis deplorable. In manyparts of the country, thelanguageissimplynotspokenfluently. Outside of thisuniversity elite, theaverage use of wordsis 30% lowerthantheaverage in Europe. And that’sjustanexample of whathappensthere. That’swhere Biden and Harris have to work. Unitingwhat Trump has disunited, butthat in themidst of a deepeconomic crisis and a health crisis of colossalsize.

Harris is a cultured and liberal woman, who has promotedlawstypical of rich and culturedareas, with Californian language and ways. Youwillhave to adaptyourlanguage, and mannersradicallydifferentareassuch as rural Alabama or Kentucky. And I saythattheywillhave to do itbeforeNovember 2022 because at that time itwillsurely be theirfirst plebiscite.

“In June I defined Harris as Biden’ssecretweapon to wintheelection. Thechoice as a companionontheballotwasobvious. “

I alreadygavemyopinionon Kamala Harris. In June, more thantwo and a halfmonthsbefore Bi-den wentpublic, I definedit as thesecretweaponthat Biden had to wintheelections. Obviously, Biden didn’tcall me to let me know, butHarris’schoice as a running mate wasobvious. Harris hadwhatcomplemented Biden.

Itwill be fouryears of fair and studiedscrutiny to seeifherhusbandtheday he came up during a campaign rally and proclaimedher as thenextpresident of theUnitedStateswasrightorjust a dream.

We’llsee.