Democrats are nervous — and Kamala Harris may be OK with that 

Democrats are notoriously quick to worry and slow to appease.

WASHINGTON — Democrats are notoriously quick to worry and slow to appease.

President Joe Biden spent months trying to assuage the rising panic within his party until it eventually consumed him, and he dropped his re-election bid. The anxiety abated for a bit when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him on the ticket and her poll numbers spiked.

With Harris' numbers stagnant now for weeks, many Democrats are once again fretting that the election is slipping away and that Donald Trump may yet regain power.

Harris appears to be OK with the collective jitters, recognizing that if Democrats fear they might lose, they're more apt to show up at the polls and help her win. She likes to tell her supporters she’s running as if she’s behind.

But she faces a new round of internal criticism as party activists complain that she isn't doing enough rallies after having objected for weeks that she wasn't doing enough interviews.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-are-nervous-kamala-harris-may-ok-rcna175257

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