Kamala Harris Won The Debate, But It Was A Spectacle In Which Performance Overshadowed Policy

American politics have devolved to such a spectacle that we celebrate complete sentences and zingers without digging into policy proposals or the pathways to actual implementation. Harris won the debate because she stayed on topic and remained composed but the substance of what she had to offer Americans wasn’t too exciting. She spent most of the debate cozying up to Republicans which left me — and many other progressives — wondering whether Harris winning the battle was more important than the war she should be fighting: winning the people who will vote for her.