Jonathan Bernstein: “The odd thing about the summer refrain from many in the media that Kamala Harris’s agenda wasn’t detailed enough is that Harris is about as predictable a president as possible: She would be a mainstream Democrat.”
“No president is perfectly predictable, of course; in particular, unknown events will generate less-predictable responses.
There’s also the obvious but underappreciated fact that presidential success or failure may hinge on the political context more than on the president’s decisions, in which “political context” may be any number of things but certainly includes the partisan breakdown of Congress. Moreover, there’s always the open question of the connection between policy intent and eventual outcomes that voters care about, such as economic strength and war or peace.”“With all caveats aside, however: Yeah, if she wins, she’ll be an unusually predictable president.”