In Just 4 Weeks, Harris Has Already Gotten More Specific On Policy Than Trump

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Vice President Kamala Harris has been getting plenty of scrutinyand more than little grief overthe lackof specificityin her policy agenda.

It’s not hard to see why, though some context might be nice too.

On the one hand, Harris hasn’t sat for interviews or held formal press conferences, or even posted a detailed agenda on her campaign website. Until late last week, when her campaign published a series of proposals to “ lower costs for American families ,” she hadn’t introduced or defended any major initiatives.

And while Harris had made clear in her speeches that she is mostly running on the same mainstream liberal agenda that President Joe Biden had embraced in his budget proposals, that commitment leaves plenty of room for ambiguity ― which, truth be told, her campaign has seemed in no rush to clear up. Last week, one anonymous adviser told The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein that Harris’ team wasn’t especially worried about critics demanding “five-prong policy agenda” items.

But Harris has actually gotten more specific since then, starting with that initiative on cost for American families she introduced Friday.

In addition to its ( controversial ) call for a federal law against price-gouging, the initiative included proposals to give the federal government more leverage over prescription drug prices , to extend extra financial assistance now available to people buying health insurance on their own, to subsidize both the construction and purchase of housing , and to reinstate a COVID-era cash stipend for families with children.

One, two, three… hey, look at that. Five prongs.

And although the press release accompanying the