The mid terms are about a month away and the former Dem candidate is inserting herself into the races where she can….
As Kamala Harris considers whether to run for president again, she’s throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. It’s an especially notable destination for the former vice president. Michigan was one of seven battlegrounds she lost to Donald Trump two years ago, and it’s now one of six states that will start Democrats’ next presidential nominating process. Harris has rallies scheduled in Nevada and Georgia, the AP reports; her campaigning could serve to solidify or undermine her status as a potential Democratic front-runner.
Although Harris is one of the nation’s best-known politicians and a barrier-breaking figure, there are others eager to turn the page after she failed to defeat Trump when she replaced Joe Biden on the top of the ticket. “I think she’s run her course,” said Barry Goodman, a Democratic National Committee member from Michigan who raised money for Biden and then Harris. “I just don’t think her running again would be the right thing for America moving forward.” Some Democratic candidates, especially in places Trump won handily, have curtly dismissed any possibility of campaigning with Harris. “No thanks,” Iowa gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand told Politico. “Let’s move on. We need some new leadership.”
But plenty of Democrats said she has earned the space to consider her options without being rushed or pilloried. Underscoring her unique position, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently told CNN that he would not seek the nomination if Harris does. “Kamala isn’t under any deadline to run for anything,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic National Committee chair who managed Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000. She called it a “waste of time” to relitigate Harris’s truncated 2024 campaign and said any White House hopefuls “should follow Kamala’s lead and get out there” by trying to help midterm candidates.
She wants new leadership?
She is the same as all other centrist Dems….playing the game for cash.
Make no mistake unless something hits the fan she will run in 2028….and apparently some are looking at Newsome for the second spot….but will that be in our best interests?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he might not run for president after all – depending on who’s in the race with him.
In a new 40-minute interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the pair spoke about a range of topics, including his potential presidential bid, while fly-fishing in Montana. Tapper asked what would happen if former Vice President Kamala Harris were to enter the race as well.
“I wouldn’t do that to her,” Newsom said. “I wouldn’t do that to you. I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time. Who needs that?”
It was a shocking declaration, because Newsom has long been considered a front-runner in the 2028 presidential election. He clearly seems to aspire to higher office.
Even the interview itself – the appeal to the everyman through Newsom’s choice of dress and activity, as well as the affectation of his speech as he answers Tapper’s questions – gives off the vibe of someone who is going to run. But perhaps it’s a sign that he has different aspirations – still a desire to be in the Oval Office, albeit in a different role.
I cannot state loud enough what a horrible idea this will be….these to running in 2028.
Why?
They talk a mean progressive game but at the first chance they will run for the center and be no better than countless others that have come before them.
I agree that this country needs new leadership….but these two are NOT it.
Thoughts?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
MAGA will certainly steal the election you are talking about and will win whether voted in or not because they will contest it all and the supreme court will give it to them…and America can become even greater than before….greater inflation, greater poverty, greater deaths due to mismanaged medicine and foreign wars, greater danger to the food supply…bigger and better food borne diseases because of the lack of proper inspection and crop controls — so what is not to like with the inevitable that nobody can do a damned thing about?
There’s a lot of truth on what you say.
Go down swinging…..or do nothing those are the only choices. chuq
I recently read that Newsom would be a TERRIBLE choice. I had been in favor of him, but there has been an undercurrent of negativity towards him that appears to be valid. I think Kamala would be making a very poor and hurtful choice should she try again.
Rumbling I’ve read on FB is LOTS of people are rooting for Pete Buttigieg, but I think most folks would agree his chances are slim to none. And that’s sad.
I see that as well….Pete seems to be the unofficial favorite but he has baggage and that could be disastrous. chuq
I Buttigieg would be good as well but aren’t you forgetting the religious faction in this country and how homophobic much of the population is? Would he even have a chance?
That’s kinda’ what I meant about his chances being slim to none … I didn’t think I needed to spell it out to this group. ☺️
I read just a couple of weeks ago that Kamala had decided not to run in 2028. Either her remarks were misinterpreted, or something has changed since then. The report that she will campaign in Michigan for El-Sayed surprised me. I didn’t expect that.
It might be the case that the “centrist” Democratic establishment is scrambling to find an acceptable charismatic presidential candidate who will attract progressives and populist anti-Trump Republicans, but they are not having much luck. IMO, there isn’t any such establishment candidate who could do that.
Anyway, I’m off to the hospital for surgery. Catch up with you tomorrow.
The Dems will drape themselves in progressive clothing but it will not work, IMO….good luck with the surgery….chuq
Thank you, chuq. It went well with no complications. I was released afterwards. I’m still pretty sore though.
Glad all went well….now time to relax and recover. chuq
Harris injecting herself into this is the last thing we need. That she lost to a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, convicted tax fraud, admitted adulterer, alleged pedophile who is obviously suffering severely from the effects of at least one stroke and dementia, shows just how irrelevant she’s become to the whole political process. She might. *might* win against Vance because he’s a sniveling lying little coward who is universally loathed even within the GOP. But someone like Rubio? She’d be so far behind Rubio you wouldn’t even see her in the rear view mirror. She needs to just keep quiet and go back to opening grocery stores or making speeches or whatever she’s been doing.
Newsome has a lot of skeletons in his closet. That’s why he’s become reluctant to actually declare himself as a candidate. His former chief of staff pled guilty back in May to charges of fraud rather that go to trial, allegedly because if it had gone to trial her boss would have been implicated as well. He’s been accused of “pay for play” by giving PG&E and other electric utilities in California sweetheart deals on rates and regulations and helping to shield them from damages from their power lines allegedly causing wildfires. Let’s just say that as far as Newsom is concerned, there’s more than enough dirt there for the GOP to potentially bury him. I have relatives and friends who live out there and from what I hear from them, if he ran for president there’s a good chance he wouldn’t even carry his home state.
Wisconsin update: Politics here just keeps getting dirtier and dirtier. Secretary of Transportation Duffy’s son in law, Michael Alphanso, is running for his old seat. He’s 26, and he has absolutely zero qualifications for the job, unless you count pouring concrete or “producing” a right wing podcast. His claim to fame is his stating he believes the US government does secret experiments on transgender goats in Afghanistan. I really wish I was making that up but I’m not. He really said that. It seems that corporations giving large donations to his campaign and PAC just happen to get nice, jucy contracts with the DOT.
Sounds like you have about as many batcrap crazies as we do….I too believe that the two would not be a winning couple….I am hoping this is just fodder for the MSM……chuq
Harris and Newsom would be bad choices. Pete would be great but the homophobia I. This country would squelch that. So Mark Kelly? ..not the greatest speaker nor has the necessary charisma and projection of strength.
Personally I like Jon Ossoff or AOC..and Pritzker, but they’d make fun of his weight. Too bad we dont have a Mark Carney..
I am leaning to AOC…..we need a firebrand like Debs from our history…..chuq
Mary, I agree completely. The three you mentioned? I’d think any of them would make a good president. The problem is that the Dems should already be out there prepping for a specific candidate or candidates. Not a formal declaration of candidacy but pushing someone out into the forefront so that person’s name is popping up in the news and at PR events just so people hear the name. Whether it’s Ossoff, AOC or Pritzker or all three or someone else entirely, they should be out there working already.
Harris standing again would be a disaster, and let the Republicans back into power. Did she learn nothing from her last try? America will not elect a woman, they are just not ready for that yet. And most certainly not a black woman. Right or wrong, that’s just the way it is in the US.
Best wishes, Pete.
I think it is an ego trip for her…..and you are right the country is not ready yet. chuq