Former President Bill Clinton’s former pollster Doug Schoen expressed concerns on Wednesday on Fox News regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’s ability to retain Democratic strongholds in the upcoming elections. During his appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Schoen pointed out significant vulnerabilities in the traditionally Democratic “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Host Laura Ingraham initiated the discussion by asking Schoen for his insights on Harris, emphasizing that the internal divisions within the party so close to Election Day were a troubling sign for the vice president.
“It’s, in fact, Laura, you’re absolutely right, a very bad sign. I’m picking up from my Democratic friends and sources precisely what you’re reporting. The so-called blue wall of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania is eroding for the Democrats,” Schoen told Ingraham. “There is a level of disorganization on the ground and incoherence vis-à-vis the messaging that is clear.” He also criticized Harris’s performance in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, suggesting it reflected broader campaign issues. “The Harris campaign really doesn’t have a closing message or strategy, as we, I think, saw in Brett Baier’s interview with Kamala Harris today,” Schoen said.
Ingraham raised the issue of Harris’s plans, particularly regarding the economy, noting that the vice president still struggled to provide a clear answer beyond directing voters to her website. “There is not a clear sense as to what she’s going to do different than Joe Biden, which, as you point out, close to 60% of America has made them feel worse off. She hasn’t articulated a coherent plan,” Schoen explained. “And it’s, frankly, perfectly logical that she would say different times, different circumstances, different plan, here’s what I’m doing, here’s what Trump’s doing, vote for me. She hasn’t done it. And I don’t have a sense, Laura. She’s going to do it.”
Ingraham then asked the Clinton pollster if Harris’ interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier helped her. “I don’t think it helped at all. I think she felt she’d reach some swing voters. But to me, the absence of clear answers, the real sense of, you know, confusion to perfectly logical questions that Bret asked, to me suggests that it underscored all of the issues and concerns that few undecided swing voters have. Don’t think it helped a bit,” Schoen said when Ingraham asked him whether the Fox interview could have helped Harris.
Schoen noted last week that Donald Trump’s increasing popularity among minority voters could weaken the Democrats’ hold on key battleground states. He emphasized that if Pennsylvania shifts toward Trump, it could serve as the tipping point that decisively ends the race.
