John Heilemann: Last Night Was All About Kamala Harris, That’s Why We Didn’t See Beyoncé or Taylor Swift

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HEILEMANN: “Well, Nicolle — happy Friday, by the way. I thought that — I’ve covered Leon Panetta basically my entire career in different administrations and that he’s not Oprah Winfrey and he’s not — he’s not Bill Clinton, he’s not Barack Obama, he’s not Michelle Obama, he’s not — he’s not a high-wattage star. I think that that was by intent. I think there was a reason, a very good reason why we didn’t see Beyoncé or Taylor Swift or anybody else last night. This was supposed to be a night, last night was going to focus on Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris alone. And Leon Panetta is the perfect surrogate for that because he is someone who, though most Americans are not, who don’t live in the political world, don’t know, Leon Panetta is a guy who has served Republican administrations.”