By Dave Andrusko

Byron York, a thoughtful columnist for the Washington Examiner, wrote a column today headlined “WILL DEMOCRATS SUFFER IMPULSE BUYER’S REMORSE?”

York correctly points out that

most striking thing about the Democratic move to anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee is how incredibly fast it was. President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race early Sunday afternoon. Thirty-two hours later, less than a day and a half, the party’s top leadership, plus a majority of the nearly 4,000 Democratic convention delegates, had committed to support Harris. By late Monday night, the Harris campaign posted a message headlined, “Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Becoming the Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President.”

It’s understandable that once pro-abortion President Joe Biden chose—or, as some have argued, shoved—not to run for a second term, the party would turn to the Vice President. After all, there is just over three months and time’s awastin.’

But that ignores the elephant in the room. Harris is not popular with the public. Moreover, “Harris’ time as vice president has been occasionally rocky, defined in part by large staff turnover, retreating from politically risky responsibilities, and is reputedly a tyrant with her staff,” according to Axios’s Alex Thompson.

The headline for the Thompson story? “Biden doubted Harris’ election chances.”

The first paragraph reads “President Biden hesitated to drop his re-election campaign in part because he and his senior advisers worried that Vice President Kamala Harris wasn’t up to taking on Donald Trump, according to three Biden aides familiar with recent talks about his plans.”

Much of Thompson’s story reeks of bitterness—especially Biden toward Harris and former President Obama (and likely former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi) for making it impossible for Biden to continue. Moreover, and not to be minimized, “The relationship between the vice president’s office and the West Wing has often been tense,” Thompson writes.

York argues there was time to ponder whether Harris gives the party the best chance to maintain its grip on the White House. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to begin on August 19. Plenty of time “for Democrats to rethink their rush to Harris,” York writes.

 How will she do on the campaign trail? What will the polls show once enough time has passed for a reliable measurement of public opinion? How will Harris wear on voters? By the time Democrats meet in Chicago, there might be great happiness with Harris. On the other hand, there might be growing doubts.

What is the point?

“The point is, there is time for change between now and the convention. On Tuesday, Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio released a memo predicting a media-driven “’Harris honeymoon’” over the next few weeks. But couldn’t the opposite occur, too — that after an initial mindless euphoria, some Democrats could develop a Harris hangover.”

Going to be a very, very interesting 27 days.