The main article of this edition is entitled: The reintroduction of Kamala Harris and recounts the support the candidate received on August 6 at her rally in Philadelphia, when she introduced her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The magazine compares “the exuberant crowd” to the early days of Barack Obama, who has also appeared on the cover on several occasions, the most iconic being the illustration in which he appears with the colors of the flag and a lost look that was published in the last edition in 2008.
In his article about the vice president, Time He notes that “Harris has achieved the fastest change in perception (of the Democratic Party) in modern political history.”“after President Joe Biden withdrew and passed the baton to her as the nominee.
Harris’ campaign raised $200 million in its first week, in what she said was the best 24 hours of any candidate in presidential campaign history, and more than 38,000 people registered on vote.org in the 48 hours after she became a prospective candidate.
The magazine notes, however, that for years Democrats “questioned” Harris’s political abilities, “pundits mocked her verbiage and her polls suggested limited appeal.”
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“His performance in the 2020 presidential primaries was staid, and his turn as Biden’s number two did not inspire much confidence,” the article notes.
Harris’ campaign has chosen to portray the Democratic candidate as: “a former prosecutor running against a convicted felon, an abortion rights advocate fighting the man who helped overturn Roe v. Wade, a next-generation Democrat running against a 78-year-old Republican.”
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But as Time notes, Harris will have to answer for Biden’s legacy, such as inflation and the border crisis, issues that polls say are key to the election.
Harris’s covers in “Time”
This is not the first time Harris’ face has appeared on the cover of TimeIn early August, the magazine opened with the vice president entering the cover from the left as Biden exited from the right.
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She also graced the magazine’s cover, this time with a photographic portrait, in 2019, when she was a candidate in the Democratic primaries.
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