Is ineffective assistance of counsel a valid argument?

Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel argument fails for the most fundamental of reasons: the prosecution's rebuttal argument, as we will briefly explain, was not misconduct. Defendant cannot demonstrate prejudice from the absence of an objection to proper argument. (People v. Bradley (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 64, 90 ["Failure to raise a meritless objection is not ineffective assistance of counsel"] (Bradley).)