Yet despite the setbacks, Democrats increasingly view Harris as a potential bright spot heading into what could be a brutal midterm election cycle for the party in power. Vice President Kamala Harris' supporters insist she can play a key role in the midterms if she recaptures the energy and flashes the skills that catapulted her to the Senate and a run at the presidency. According to a Politico/Morning Consult survey conducted shortly after her inauguration, 54 percent of registered voters held a favorable view of Harris one year later, the same poll found the number had dropped to 40 percent. Harris has stumbled at times while navigating the heightened scrutiny that comes with being the first woman and person of color to hold her office - and with serving alongside a president whose age has sparked endless questions about their shared political future. And last month, Senate Democrats failed to pass what would have been historic voting rights legislation, missing their best window to act before the midterms. Harris made some early progress on immigration, but the work has been overshadowed by a rise in migrants arriving at the U.S.

hasn't had operational control of any specific thing.' 'He didn't call the president to say, 'I'm going to talk to such-and-such senator about an issue.' He just did it. 'It was clear on a day-to-day basis that Biden was running the show ,' DeSeve said. Harris so far does not appear to have the level of responsibility that Biden had when he was vice president, Ed DeSeve, who served as Biden's top deputy in charge of implementing the economic stimulus, told Newsweek. Harris last year drew two of the hardest tasks for any administration - addressing the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States, and pushing major voting rights legislation through an evenly divided Senate. Faced with an even greater crisis after being sworn in last year, Biden did not hand Harris similar control of the government's Covid relief plan. Just one month into their first term, President Barack Obama put Biden in charge of the administration's biggest project: an economic stimulus package designed to pull the country out of the Great Recession. Vice President Kamala Harris, in contrast, finished her first year in office without a recognizable political brand that sets her apart, and burdened with a set of assignments arguably far more challenging than the ones Biden received when he held the office.

Mike Pence will be remembered as the most loyal of sidekicks, until he wasn't. Joe Biden made himself an invaluable adviser on Congress and global affairs. As vice president, Dick Cheney left his mark by seizing unprecedented influence in foreign policy.

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