How Kamala Harris owned the stage | By Bill McGowan and Juliana Silva for CNNOpinion
Bill McGowan is the founder and CEO of Clarity. He is the author of"Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time." Follow him on Twitter @BillMcGowan22. Juliana Silva is a strategic communications adviser at Clarity Media Group, a global communications coaching firm based in New York. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
The big expectation heading into Round Two of the Democratic presidential debates was that Joe Biden was going to be forced to play the role of pinata to the nine others occupying the stage. The only question that remained was, who was going to smack hard enough to make the candy fall out. Senator Kamala Harris gave a clear and forceful answer to that question.Juliana Silva The fireworks between Harris and Biden, like most moments of riveting confrontation, seemed to suck all the air out of the room and all the electability out of the other eight candidates.
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