Too often to bear, aides cite the cliché that this is a marathon, not a sprint. that’s the wrong metaphor. What’s going on now is more like one person playing chess, another playing checkers, another playing Monopoly, Parcheesi, Candy Land—and no one will know for at least a year which is the right game to fit the moment.
For Kamala, it’s get out early, get out big, get out hard, demonstrate strength. Many of her opponents are thrilled that that’s how Harris is playing it. With a process this long and intense, they say, Harris can go ahead and be a front-runner. Especially after voters recoiled after Hillary was effectively anointed in 2016, there is no better way, they argue, for her to not be there at the end. The candidate who will win is the candidate who peaks at the right time, and traditionally being the first to peak is not the right time