Who’s Afraid of Kamala Harris?

We figured Republicans would try to make an issue of Kamala Harris’s fitness to be President, but who thought the Vice President would become central to the strategy to keep President Biden in the race?

That seems to be a big part of the emerging Team Biden game plan to stem the Democratic panic about having Mr. Biden at the top of the ticket in November. The theme: Go with Joe or you’ll get Kamala.

News reports this week say a Biden aide told donors their money would go to Ms. Harris if Mr. Biden dropped out. This was meant as a threat, not a promise.

Various Democrats are also popping up in the press noting that much of the party’s base would revolt if Ms. Harris were denied the nomination. The suggestion is that the party base thinks the first woman of color on a national ticket has a birthright to move up to the top job, as opposed to the party choosing a candidate more likely to win.