Kamala Harris to decide whether to run for California governor by end of summer
Kamala Harris to decide whether to run for California governor by end of summer
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will decide whether she will run for governor of California by the end of summer, a person familiar with her decision-making process said.
This comes off very bad for her. Who wants a candidate that isn’t entirely committed or interested in the office they might run for?
Why? She has been person non grata since the election and has completely checked out. Unless she thinks the ballot initiative to make California a nation will work
Harris didn't even get 1/2 of 1% of the popular vote in either of the two states she primaried in for 2020. Still she somehow became the VP and eventually the presumptive presidential nominee of 2024.
I feel like this is worth reminding people.
The VP is just whoever the President picks. How many votes in the primary did JD Vance get?
The reminder is due to the fact that she never should have been the candidate in 2024 in the first place. She was not even in the top 5 in 2020. She didn't do anything during her time as VP that made up for that gap. She was pushed in because the folks above her were two leftists, a gay man, and a rich DINO.
I don't know that she would win California and if California goes to a Republican governor that takes away one of the handful of hail mary possible counter balances to Trump right now in a possible secession action. Right now if Trump attacked Mexico and Canada it isnt unreasonable to think some states would actively refuse to support the action but if California or New York were not both states to support it then it would be meaningless.
Yeah but she was a sitting senator so she was in the club. She was a black woman so she ticked the right boxes to balance out Bidens white man. And she was a prosecutor who worked well with the police so she countered the defund the police message thay centrist dems were sure would sink them.
She was a very very logical choice for Biden's VP.
WTF? Aren't there other people that can become president or governor? In the case of Trump rocks and organic molecules?
Which candidate will she not be in that election?
No thanks, I'd like an actual progressive for once.
Yeah... Harris was an OK option for president given the state of national politics. But California can do far better.
Good luck with that. The Democrats have sold out to the rich and corporations
She needs to fuck off.
here here... she sucks..
Hear hear* Not trying to be a jerk, just sharing because I thought it was funny the first time I saw the phrase.
Californian here. No.
What are you gonna do, let the other guy win?
/s
I want someone who doesn't seek approval from conservatives. She can fuck off and collect speakers fees for the rest of her life for all I care.
Isn't it obvious? Harris is running for Governor, because Newsom is running for President.
Which will be hilarious if Trump Jr. also runs for President, because his (former) long-time fiancee was also Newsom's ex-wife. Kimberly Guilfoyle will be hitting the interview circuit big-time as the ex-partner of both candidates.
Oh jfc don't. When you blow an election this hard you need to just go away.
Go away Hillary 2 electric boogaloo
Well, you got rump so you should be ecstatic
Another source familiar with Harris' thinking told CBS News that she is "seriously considering" a run for governor. A gubernatorial bid would likely mean she would not run for president in 2028, which she is also considering.
On one hand, yes, she had an very abbreviated campaign period and yes, the big issue was the inflation, and there's a limited amount that she could do about that.
On the other hand, she also had a well-funded campaign, and she had a shot and didn't make it.
And she didn't poll that strongly.
I would really rather have the Democrats find the strongest candidate they can in 2028. Harris didn't run last time because she was the strongest option in the country, but because she was VP.
Harris was doing pretty well until she let the dipshit DNC consultants take control of her messaging. Those guys are totally out of touch with the electorate.
Refusing to distance herself from Biden was her biggest mistake though. Dems are such morons. They thought the only problem was that he was old, ignoring his 38% approval rating
I'll be happy when the Democrats having a primary is a safe assumption again. 1 superdelegate-fuckified primary in 2016, 1 completely skipped primary in 2024.
I know this is a radical idea, but hear me out Democratic strategists... Have primaries, let the voters tell you who they like, so that you end up with the strongest candidate in the general. Just something to think about.
but if they do that, it's harder for them to put their fingers on the scales of the candidate they want.
There was definitely some fuckery behind the scenes in 2020 also. Everyone pulled out and endorsed Biden at the same time.
It's not just about finding the best candidate, it's also about not disillusioning the voters by very obviously ratfucking the primary. Don't piss off your voters right before a general election! Why do we even have to say this?
They didn't even have a good reason to do so, because Bernie would have lost anyway. Just let him lose fair and square without pissing anyone off! And I say this as a Bernie voter. He was a good influence on the candidates, but he didn't even win Washington State last time. No way would he have won a fair primary. The protest votes would have tapered off as soon as he looked like a real contender.
Like it or not, Harris was the right choice for 2024.
She had access to Biden war chest on day one, which was critical.
She completely wasted her opportunity
Harris fucked us with Trump, and now she's trying to fuck us again by losing to another maga retard.
Harris, you are a fucking loser, we don't want you.
Enjoy your rump!
California deserves someone that represents them for once, not another neoliberal who will always move as far right as they can get away with.
California is neoliberal with a thin veneer of progressivism painted on by leftist at a thickness that chips constantly in most places.
californian here. i hope she portrays being more progressive than she did in her presidential campaign. she seems very politically conservative for wanting the governorship here.
I will be sleepless for months, in anticipation of this momentous decision.
Don't
The winner in the general election will almost certainly be a Democrat, but California has an open, top-two primary. If left-leaning voters can unite behind a second Democratic candidate, and Republican voters split their votes between two or more candidates, it’s plausible that the general election could come down to Harris and a second Democrat to her left.
Republicans who have already demonized Harris after the 2024 campaign might then vote for the other Democrat, just on the basis of their negative view of Harris—so Harris being in the race could swing the election further to the left.
She seems both qualified for the job and motivated to stand up to the Trump administration's aggression, both of which are important qualities in a leader of a US state that happens to be the world's 5th largest economy.
EDIT:
For those who downvoted, perhaps you could use your words to explain what you disagree with in my comment, and why? I don't know Kamala Harris all that well, so if there's something important that I'm missing, I would like to know about it. A downvote doesn't help anyone.
I downvoted mainly because nothing you posted is true
We need a leader that will advocate for our economic class. That's not her.
I've never seen her be anything but a nakedly power hungry, political hack. She's tried to sell herself as both a progressive and conservative liberal, depending on who she's talking to. I wouldn't doubt if sher looses again, she'll go Republican.
International relations standpoint aside, she offered no benefits or relief to the economic woes of the working class other than telling them to suck it up because everything's fine. She ignored progressives in a pathetic attempt at currying favor with the likes of Liz fucking Cheney because she thinks conservatives would actually pick a Democrat over literally any Republican candidate. Everything about her screamed corporatism, the status quo of deadlocked improvements in Congress, and a lack of willingness to meaningfully change things for the better.
She is the quintessential establishment Democrat who would rather campaign for fundraisers than actually act on meaningful legislation. Despite all these (and many more) flaws, I voted for her as she was the only meaningful opposition the DNC could regurgitate out because Biden was too proud to stop his reelection campaign early on. For California governor, I'd want an actual progressive with the intent to make things better over her any day.
That would be fantastic I would vote for her.