Headline Roundup • August 12th, 2024
Can Kamala Harris Win Over Conservatives?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
With the advent of "Republicans for Harris" and debates over whether Kamala Harris' vice presidential nominee, Tim Walz, is too progressive, can Harris win over the anti-Trump conservatives?
For Harris: David French (Lean Right bias) says in the New York Times Opinion (Left bias) he will vote for Harris. "Iām often asked by Trump voters if Iām 'still conservative,' and I respond that I canāt vote for Trump precisely because I am conservative. I loathe sex abuse, pornography and adultery. Trump has brought those vices into the mainstream of the Republican Party. I want to cultivate a culture that values human life from conception through natural death. Yet America became more brutal and violent during Trumpās term. I want to defend liberal democracy from authoritarian aggression, yet Trump would abandon our allies...If Harris wins...conservative Americans will have a chance to build something decent from the ruins of a party that was once a force for genuine good in American life."
Against Harris: Dan McLaughlin (Right bias) says French's case makes some very big omissions. "Nothing else is mentioned of Harrisās views on domestic or foreign policy, her approach to law and the rule of law, how she uses power, or what sort of people she might appoint to the executive and judicial branches (Tim Walz is not mentioned)...Harris is a menace. If one must vote for a menace for the same reasons Churchill would ally with Stalin, one must at least be honest enough to lay out the consequences and why they are worth it," he said.
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Kevin Mohatt/Reuters
Our old friend David French writes in the Sunday New York Times, āTo Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris.ā
I am deeply disappointed in the effort. There are two very big omissions from this column that destroy its persuasive force.
A vote reflects two kinds of choices: a selection between alternatives in who will govern us, and a statement (in the case of a columnist or a leader, a public statement) of what we endorse. There are often tensions between the two, and we all have our own views of...

Thalassa Raasch for The New York Times
I believe life begins at conception. If I lived in Florida, I would support the stateās heartbeat bill and vote against the referendum seeking to liberalize Floridaās abortion laws. I supported the Dobbs decision and I support well-drafted abortion restrictions at the state and federal levels. I was a pro-life lawyer who worked for pro-life legal organizations. While I want prospective parents to be able to use I.V.F. to build their families, I do not believe that unused embryos should simply be discarded ā thrown away as no longer useful.
But Iām...
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