In a little-noted TV interview last week, Senator Kamala Harris executed a deeply embarrassing face-plant.  Harris is supposed to be a leading contender for the Democrats’ presidential nomination in the view of a lot of pundits. But in my view, this must be based on nothing more than her status as an identity politics twofer (actually, a three-fer: a woman, a black, and an Asian-American). As an actual living, breathing politician, she is an embarrassment, electable in the one-party state of California after sleeping with the state’s political boss to launch her career, but unable to handle sustained scrutiny. And guilty of what must be termed political malpractice directly related to one of the Democrats’ biggest issues. In an English Language interview on Univision last week (hat tip: Weasel Zippers), she demonstrated utter political incompetence, revealing her reliance on platitudes, and her negligence -- a failure to go even an inch deep on a scandal that...(Read Full Post)