Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention after formally accepting the nomination for president.

Did the Democratic National Convention intentionally spread rumors of a surprise Beyonce performance at their gathering on Thursday night to fill the auditorium? If so, it was a cheap trick, and says a lot about their confidence in Kamala Harris’ star power. But that is no surprise; after all, this is the same crew that won’t let their candidate speak off-script, for fear she’ll say something idiotic.

That cannot last. From this star-studded night forward, the Democratic nominee will be pressed to fill in the blanks. Consequently, we have likely just witnessed the high water mark of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

Harris accepted her party’s nomination to run for the Oval Office with a well-delivered speech that was met with great enthusiasm (even without Beyonce) but answered few questions about how she might actually govern our country.

KAMALA HARRIS FORMALLY ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION AT DNC

This is purposeful. When the V.P. came forward in recent days with proposals to slap price controls on groceries and to hand out tens of thousands of dollars to first-time homebuyers, her policies were widely panned. Her approval ratings, on the rise since her improbable and vote-free nomination, immediately hooked down.

Since then, and certainly in her speech Thursday night, she delivered platitudes and fluff. To be fair, she did it quite well.

Her campaign is in many ways a reprise of Barack Obama’s "hope and change" run in 2008 – all feel-good generalizations with little meat on the bones. But Obama........

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