Back in March, I hopped a flight to Phoenix to interview Vice President Kamala Harris for my Snapchat show, Good Luck America, after she headlined an abortion rights rally in the swing state. It was the first time I’d been with Harris up close since her listless presidential campaign in 2020 and, like many people, my impressions of her had been shaped by the sometimes Veep-like viral clips and memes that came to define her during those first years as Joe Biden’s number two. She was cautious, mistake-prone, a little goofy, and tripped up by issues like immigration that were outside her comfort zone. Her struggles were magnified by the fact that the vice presidency is a thankless job. The press only covers a V.P. when they screw up, not when they cut a ribbon in Raleigh.