The Punditry and the Policy Detail Fetish

The narrative around Harris not fleshing out her policy plans reflects a poor understanding of how policy in made.

A few weeks after Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, a narrative emerged, seemingly driven by a media committed to worshipping at the altar of false equivalencies, that Harris had not sufficiently explained the details of her policy proposals. Demanding that candidates for president have detailed policy plans is one of those thin…