# Is Kamala Harris going rogue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 17, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811 "2024-08-17T00:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/1 "2024-08-17T00:19:30Z")
Is she staying within party objectives or doing her own thing? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/2 "2024-08-17T00:20:51Z")
Do you mean Kamala Harris? If so, would you mind giving some examples? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/3 "2024-08-17T00:27:20Z")
I think the answer here can _only_ be an unequivocal “Yes.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/4 "2024-08-17T00:29:17Z")
Remember that the right answer to any questioning headline is “No”. IMO the OP is chasing imaginary shadows. Or selling them. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/5 "2024-08-17T00:39:46Z")
What are the “party objectives”? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/6 "2024-08-17T00:40:37Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Is she staying within party objectives or doing her own thing? If her own thing is winning the election, that’s what she is most serious about. She co-sponsored price gouging legislation when a senator: [Price Gouging Prevention Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3853/text?s=1&r=85) I haven’t gotten into the details. If I did, I probably would not like it. But compared with Trump’s threats to blow up NATO, no biggie. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/7 "2024-08-17T00:40:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What are the “party objectives”? I think this is what the voters are waiting to find out. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/8 "2024-08-17T00:41:19Z")
Kamala. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/9 "2024-08-17T00:53:33Z")
K-A-M-A-L-A Rhymes with Mom-ala. Got it? (And we do know what her last name is) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/10 "2024-08-17T00:53:56Z")
The Democratic Party is so wide-ranging in views that you could be anywhere from far left to centrist and still be considered to be within the boundaries. So, no, she’s technically not rogue. This is like asking if a quarterback has gone rogue from the West Coast offense by throwing deep passes. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/11 "2024-08-17T00:55:26Z")
Since it’s next week that a specific-to-2024 official party platform and campaign message theme get fully presented, right now she has been, as expected, doing her thing in support of the main _general_ Democratic objectives of getting in the way of the return to office of you-know-who, and to elect as many downballot Democrats as possible… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/12 "2024-08-17T00:56:04Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The Democratic Party is so wide-ranging in views that you could be anywhere from far left to centrist and still be considered to be within the boundaries. Indeed. This is a party that includes Bernie Sanders at one end of the spectrum and Joe Manchin on the other. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/13 "2024-08-17T01:07:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What are the “party objectives”? There will be a party platform approved next week. Today this was released: [Vice President Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families](https://mailchi.mp/press.kamalaharris.com/vice-president-harris-lays-out-agenda-to-lower-costs-for-american-families) ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/14 "2024-08-17T01:11:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This is a party that includes Bernie Sanders Bernie may caucus with the Democrats, but he is not a member of the Democratic Party ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/15 "2024-08-17T01:19:03Z")
Does the OP care to elaborate and/or take a position? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/16 "2024-08-17T01:21:29Z")
Closed on August 17, 2024, 1:21am UTC ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kamala-harris-going-rogue/1005811/17 "2024-08-17T01:22:16Z")
**Moderating** : This OP does not come close to meeting our standards. Closed Write more of an OP next time @HoneyBadgerDC