CNN Hits Harris for Repeatedly Dodging Questions: ‘Could Be a Big Problem for Her’

‘How many more times will a default answer be sufficient?’

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BALDWIN: "But on the debate stage, you have to respond in real-time. How many more times can a default answer be 'we should have that conversation.' How many more times will that be sufficient?" 

RESTON: "Well, it's so funny, Brooke, I did write about this last night, because that is what I call her graceful dodge. She does this all the time on the campaign trail when voters asked her questions where she's not quite sure what position she's going to stake out yet but she wants to kind of convey the idea that she might be on your side. So you hear that phrase over and over again with her.  And it's part of her trademark caution that we've seen throughout her career and what I think could actually be a big problem for her going down the line. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, they just answered those questions flat-out last night, a lot of them. With Bernie Sanders, we even saw potentially something that will come back to haunt him. But I don’t think that voters  really like that kind of caution. They want someone to really lay out at least kind of what they're thinking and she often has gone back and looked at the polls and talked to advisers and is just really careful about these kinds of questions. And is that what  voters are going to want? I don’t know."

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