Bad start. President Joe Biden gave his vice president only one major responsibility and Congress has given the VP position only one ongoing major responsibility.

Long-term, the border crisis will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the biggest domestic failures in American history. Seven to ten million illegal immigrants have invaded our country during the Biden-Harris tenure with a countless number having smuggled (made in China) Fentanyl across our porous borders with Mexico, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Hundreds of migrants have appeared on the FBI terrorist list. And many have broken laws, harmed, or killed Americans.

When Harris was asked if she had gone to the border to address the big problems there, she remarked: “No, but I have not gone to Europe either.” Oh well.

Harris, the so-called “Border Czar,” refused to address the crisis in a meaningful way over the last three years. A review of her work there would warrant an F grade. Yet she is seeking a promotion.

And one of the few ongoing responsibilities of all vice presidents is to preside over the Senate and share with the Speaker of the House the presiding of Congress during a joint session. Usually, these addresses are reserved for world leaders who have pressing concerns they want to share with our leaders. Last week Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave such a speech at the Capitol.

Harris was absent. This dereliction of duty in favor of attending a sorority group’s convention is most unfortunate. It is a clear example of poor judgment.

I am one of those who is not convinced Harris will be the Democrats’ nominee. Republicans should hold their political fire until the Democrats complete their rush to “nominate” her. Even then I would be cautious and wait until the Democrat delegates have actually arrived in person in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention toward the end of next month.

If we have not learned anything else, what a difference two or three weeks can make.

After all, if Trump had held off on doing a debate with Biden until after their mutual official nominations, Trump could be measuring curtains to the White House in early September after the first customary debate. Trump was tricked into debating early, and in doing so he chased out Biden, whom he would have beaten in a landslide.

Democrats will quickly push Harris off the stage, as they did with Biden, if or when they do not see her as being a viable candidate. Only the official acts of the convention in late August would somewhat curtail such a scheme.

Let us all remember that Harris polled so badly when she ran for president in 2020 that she failed to make it to the first primary. Let us also remember that as a short- term senator, she had little to no legislative achievements when Biden made her his running mate.

Harris’s accomplishments? She went after “bad guys” as attorney general of California. Ok. But being president is not about “asking tough questions” – it is about “answering tough questions.” We have yet to see how she can handle an open news conference with top-level reporters.

Can the Republicans be patient? No one is betting on that.

Unlike Vice President Humphrey who had to earn millions of votes when President Lyndon B. Johnson stepped down, Harris has only had to compete for a majority of the 4,700 delegates to win. The nomination is being handed to her. A charmed life.

Democrats are allowing Biden to anoint his successor when his successor’s approval ratings have actually been below his for almost his entire presidency.

Democrat leaders seem to forget about norms, customary party practices, or democracy. Within hours, without a political speech, without any knowledge of her political agenda, without expressing the reason why she should be president, even without telling us her hallmark achievements as a legislative figure, Harris has moved forward.

But let us remember Biden’s parting words: “Nobody has a better chance of beating Trump than me.” I believe that deep in his heart, had the money not stopped coming in, Biden would still stand by those words. Yet reality said Biden had “zero” chance of winning in November.