Clinton adviser James Carville reveals the three-point plan Kamala Harris needs to defeat Trump… and it includes kicking Biden further to the curb

Joe Biden has passed the torch to Kamala Harris. Now it’s time for the vice president to let go of at least a few policy issues, advises former Clinton campaign guru James Carville.

Carville was among several political pros urging Biden to step back after his disastrous debate performance in June — though he toyed with ideas like a mini-primary to find a new nominee. Now he’s come up with his own three-point plan to get Harris to the White House, and a key feature is that she stand out from Biden to demonstrate her independence.

“She just needs to show that she has chosen her own direction – where she wants to go in the next four years, and it’s not enough to just say we’ll continue with what we’re doing,” he told DailyMail.com.

One idea he does like is Harris’ plan to tackle “price fixing” amid constant complaints about inflation.

“I think you’d have to be crazy not to know that’s not going to happen, and that it’s not legal,” he said. Another option is to tap into the billions made available by not extending Trump’s expiring tax cuts for the wealthy. He called for a refund for first-time homebuyers. (Harris has called for $25,000 to help with down payments.)

“There are a thousand things you can do. You don’t have to come up with an 80-page plan. I’m not suggesting we run away from Biden. You have to show where you’re going,” he said.

In the shortened Trump-Harris matchup, the Sept. 10 debate looms on ABC. “I think the debate is a potential mega-event. Because the last one was so important, people are going to pay attention to the next one,” Carville said.

His first piece of advice comes in the form of a New York Times op-ed published hours after Biden and Harris appeared together at a Labor Day rally in Pittsburgh, where Biden spent much of the time touting his own accomplishments.

Carville called Biden one of the most influential presidents in American history. “But Mr. Biden is not in the race. To be the certified new nominee, Ms. Harris must break clearly and decisively with Mr. Biden on a set of policy priorities that she believes will define her presidency,” advised the campaign guru who helped steer Clinton’s 1992 victory.

He even tells her when and where to do it.

“Here’s an idea: Do it one day in a swing state, right after the debate. Hold a rally. Give a comprehensive list of ‘new way forward’ policies detailing why she’s moving away from the incumbent president on the issues at hand and what change that would mean for the American people. And then hold a press conference after that rally so media organizations stop whining about lack of access. Don’t run from your disagreements with the president. Embrace them, respectfully and honestly.”

Carville outlined a three-point plan for Harris as she finds herself in a neck-and-neck race with Donald Trump

He called the September 10 debate between Donald Trump and Harris a “mega event”

Such a break would not be an “insult” but would signal “change rather than more of the same,” wrote Carville, who himself helped position Clinton as a “change” candidate in 1992.

What he doesn’t prescribe is what policy differences Harris should erode. She’s already taken out campaign ads touting her plan to curb high prices in the food industry — even as rival Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to link her to “communism” and “socialism.”

That may give Biden a break from his inflation policies, a problem that has troubled Biden with voters even as price increases are finally slowing.

The candidate has indicated that such a split will not come about because of longstanding U.S. support for Israel. “I am unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel’s defense and its ability to defend itself, and that will not change,” she told CNN last week.

Carville warns that a “consistent plot line” will be the left-wing positions Harris took during the 2020 primaries. He calls them “exotic positions” and urges the candidate to state bluntly that she has moved on. “I learned from my time as an administrator in the White House. These are my positions. Take it or leave it,” he says.

The other key to “driving a nail into Mr. Trump’s political career” during the crucial debate on September 10. She would have to rely on humor, let Trump talk over her and “encourage him to spout insane conspiracy theories about the last election.”

There was some indication that her camp had already grasped this strategy when they argued that “hot mics” should be allowed during the fight, so that Trump could better try to interrupt or cut off his rival while she was speaking.

At his own rallies, Trump has repeatedly called Harris a “dumb,” “not smart” and “mean,” and a contest on stage would test his ability to keep his opinions to himself.

The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll, which puts Harris ahead of Trump 48-43 nationally, still has 58 percent of voters saying the country is on the “wrong track,” while 84 percent say Biden was right to withdraw from the race. That gives Harris a chance to hash out policy differences with the president.

If she actually starts to distance herself from Biden (who is campaigning for Harris in Wisconsin and Michigan this week)

whose approval in the survey (49 percent) is higher than in comparable polls.