Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

I have this photo from the night of the US election, eight years ago. It was a graffiti stencil, taken right outside where Hillary Clinton hoped she’d be having a celebration party in a few hours’ time. A bit of paint on the sidewalk with Clinton’s silhouette and a simple phrase underneath.   ‘I’m with her.’   With just two months to go, I’m all-in on the US election.   And I was reminded of that Hillary Clinton stencil as I watched Kamala Harris’ first and only TV interview as the Democrats nominee.   The interview was fine. Nothing too exciting and nothing too scandalous. I can’t imagine it moved the dial in any major way. But perhaps the most telling bit from a strategic sense, was Kamala Harris’ response when asked about Donald Trump questioning her black identity.   Harris paused and said just a few words: ‘Same old tired playbook. Next question please.’   That was it. She was served up a prime opportunity to talk at length about her identity. A different candidate might have talked about America’s histo