Why is Harris bringing Walz to her first major interview?
....."Joint interviews featuring both members of a presidential ticket are not unusual..
But since Mr Biden passed the torch to her late last month, Ms Harris has limited most of her engagement with the press to scripted and highly-controlled environments. Her last formal sit-down interview was on 24 June, more than two months and a political lifetime ago.
Her occasional interactions with reporters - brief answers to shouted questions on her way to and from campaign events - have done little to quell Republican claims that she is shirking any opportunity to have her record and agenda put under the microscope.....
....Since she campaigned in the Democratic presidential primary in 2019, Ms Harris has switched her stance on several key policy positions, backing off some of her more liberal promises.....
These apparent changes could open her up to questions about being a policy flip-flopper - an unwelcome label for a candidate still trying to define herself.
But by doing a joint interview, the Harris campaign may have calculated that the pressure - and the difficult questions - will at least be shared between the two of them. And it ensures both are in lockstep when it comes to explaining policy.....
“I think it’s incredibly weak, weak sauce, to show up with your running mate,” said Scott Jennings, a former special assistant to President George W Bush, on CNN, adding that Harris had a “troubling lack of confidence" in her own political ability.....
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3d72dxe5zo
