Opinion: Kamala Harris Has to Break Through—and Time Is Running Out

The clock is ticking, and Kamala Harris is not yet where she should be in the must win battleground states. For all the joy and energy, she is (to Democrats) inexplicably behind where Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton were in their respective races against Donald Trump.

Before the debate with Trump, 28 percent of voters said they wanted to know more about Harris. 67.1 million people watched her skewer Trump, a record-breaking audience, but questions remain. A quarter of those polled after the debate said they still didn’t know enough about Harris and who she is and why they should trust her as commander in chief and to handle the economy.

The good news for Harris is that she’s got room to grow. Millions of voters are still reachable and persuadable, and she only needs thousands in a handful of key states. The bad news is that time is running out with no big stages ahead to easily reach those voters if Trump refuses to debate.

Read more at The Daily Beast.