Harris is telling her advisers and allies to keep her political options open (www.politico.com)

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Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital.

But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years. As Harris has repeated in phone calls, “I am staying in the fight.”

She is expected to explore those and other possible paths forward with family members over the winter holiday season, according to five people in the Harris inner circle, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. Her deliberations follow an extraordinary four months in which Harris went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to the top of the ticket, reenergizing Democrats before ultimately crashing on election night.

“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”

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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 79 points 4 weeks ago

2028 presidential run

Please fucking don't.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 66 points 4 weeks ago

Harris' political options are closed.

Harris managed to convince the DNC to forgo a primary and annoint them and then they lost the fucking election.

End.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 26 points 4 weeks ago

Lost all THREE branches of government. A colossal failure of a campaign.

[-] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

-Former VPs

-From California

-Lost an election < You are here

-Ran for California Governor

-Ran for the presidency again

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Reagan? Reagan 2.0?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The way Democrats are tacking to the right it's not far off

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 4 weeks ago

God, I hope not.

[-] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

More like a Nixon 2.0

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 5 points 4 weeks ago

At least Nixon did a few decent things, something that is absolutely impossible to say about Ronald Reagan. Although.. he did get seriously demented in his second term, maybe I’m a bit too negative.

[-] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

If we look at Kamala Harris's political path, she has more similarities with Nixon than with Reagan. But we will have to wait and see if she runs for governor of California and then if she wins or loses.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

It worked for Tricky Dick.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 19 points 4 weeks ago

Tbf, when Biden dropped out, there really wasn't a lot of time to organize 50 primaries according to each state's election rules and then get the result onto the general ballot in time for those deadlines.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

tbf, Biden shouldn't have run for re-election in the first place.

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[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

You got any sources for that? When Biden stepped down initially they were looking for who would replace him. His vice president / running mate was an obvious choice. I don't think I ever read anything about her trying to convince them. More then trying to convince her.

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[-] Lemmywings@lemmy.cafe 40 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I could be wrong but I think she's done for good. She didn't do a good enough job obviously, and advisers helped her to fail.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 weeks ago

Jesus could have run against trump, healing the sick and forgiving loans left and right, and still the misinformationskiy would have overpowered him.

More than half of Americans are not literate enough to read medicine warning labels.

Its not Harris who failed the people. The problem started a decade ago.

Secede already.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 weeks ago

Yup. As many failures as Harris has had, it doesn't come close to the amount of insanity it takes to justify a vote for Trump. Around half of the American voters have failed America and to me, there's no one else to blame.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

More than half of Americans are not literate enough to read medicine warning labels.

to be fair what the fuck is an antihistamine containing hydroxyzine

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago

what the fuck is an antihistamine

Anti-allergy drug

Hydroxyzine

Histamine H1 Inhibitor, but what it does is a lot like an anesthetic

So it's an anti-allergy medication that also gives immediate relief from allergy symptoms

I'd hope most people who passed high school science could answer what an antihistamine is, and be able to google hydroxyzine, but yeah no I shouldn't

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, no. She's no longer a viable candidate.

But I'm sure the DNC will think differently, which is one more reason why this timeline is the worst.

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[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 33 points 4 weeks ago

She's welcome to try, but no universe exists in which Harris wins the Democratic primary. So unless the exact set of circumstance that led to her candidacy in 2024 are somehow repeated (fat chance), she has no path to the presidency.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago

Biden 2028?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 4 weeks ago

I mean half the reason he was replaced is because he likely won't last until 2028.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I was joking because after his '28 run, she could get the same 'in' (though not really the same, because he wouldn't run again only to drop out).

Failed joke.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

My bet is that he'll outlive Trump.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I hope he fades out of the news completely and we have no information at all about whether he lives or dies.

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 26 points 4 weeks ago

Great, another useless figurehead. Kamala Harris took the Democratic nomination, and lost every single swing state, while her team fundraised telling us all she was going to win. She's never getting my vote again.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 12 points 4 weeks ago

She should have been honest and told us she was going to lose all along.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 4 weeks ago

"Losing is our strategy!" - Dems

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[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

A mediocre candidate who lost the 2020 primary badly and only got the VP spot because she was buddies with Bidens dead son. She them went on to lose badly to Trump.

I voted for her but it was really a vote for Not Trump. Hopefully this the last we hear of her.

[-] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 weeks ago

She needs to fade off into obscurity.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Hey don't you worry about it.. In the next three point five years you'll see an amazing growth and national prominence in the incredible third parties our "lefty" friends have been promoting as they have the time and inclination to do the hard work it takes to become a presidential contender.

Next Presidential Election when they're all like "I refuse to vote for either party" it'll be because [insert party name here] has been on fire in all 50 states and is ready to take down the duopoly! Go get 'em! Everyone hates the Dems, let's carpe the fuck outta this diem! Yeah!

Or, y'know, just bitch about everything for 3.5 years, do nothing, and fuck it up again. Whatever. I doubt there'll be an election anyway so - pressure's off!

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Did she even really want to be president?

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

She cant win in any open primary.

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