NOTEBOOK: Harris' stirring debut

Parsing the message and language of the vice president's opening rally

Hello, friends! I’m on an airplane as I write this. And one measure of the excitement in the country is that, as Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at her first rally since the dramatic events of recent days, virtually every in-seat television screen I could see was set to a live feed of her in Wisconsin.

What follows are some very first-draft notes on w…