Kamala Harris Faces Uncertain Path to 2028 as Democrats Weigh Future

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Title: Kamala Harris Faces Uncertain Path to 2028 as Democrats Weigh Future

 

Senate Democrats are cautiously navigating the question of whether former Vice President Kamala Harris should make another run for the presidency in 2028, after her decisive loss to Donald Trump last year. While skepticism runs deep among many in her party, few are ready to count her out entirely.

 

Harris recently reentered the national spotlight with a high-profile speech in San Francisco, where she attacked Trump’s first 100 days in office, accusing him of orchestrating “the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history.” Her return to the public eye comes as she considers a number of political options, including a gubernatorial bid in California in 2026 or another attempt at the presidency two years later.

 

One Senate Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, didn’t mince words when asked whether Harris should run again: “No.” The senator added that voters had already rendered their judgment and Harris should step aside.

 

Others were more measured in their responses. Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado, who once ran for president himself, acknowledged Harris’s high name recognition but stopped short of declaring her the party’s future. “I think time will tell,” he said, adding, “I think she will add value to the national conversation. What’s going to happen over the next six to 18 months is going to be lots of Democrats having lots of different opinions about what our priorities should be. What are the values we have to put first?”

 

Hickenlooper also noted that Harris’s 2024 loss does not necessarily preclude a comeback. “Every election is unique. We always try to draw analogies and inferences based on past elections. I don’t think it disqualifies her that she lost.”

 

Many Democrats, wary of the uncertainties in their party’s future leadership, are hesitant to close the door on Harris entirely. Comparisons have been made to the Democratic reaction after Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, when party leaders called for a fresh start. “I think it’s time for our party to move to new leadership, a new spokesperson,” said Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois after Clinton’s defeat.

 

Yet Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, unlike others who had opposed a Clinton re-run in 2020, is open to seeing Harris in the mix again. “I’m a big fan of Kamala Harris, I enjoyed serving with her. I think given the time frame that we have, which is very different from what we were dealing with last time, that it’s going to be an open process,” he said. “Anybody who thinks they’ve got what it takes will step into that and someone will emerge.” He added, “I would never underestimate her talent.”

 

Supporters of Harris argue that the circumstances of 2024 were stacked against her. After President Biden dropped out in July, Harris had just over three months to mount a national campaign. “I think you need time to really get to know the candidates and feel comfortable about them,” Heinrich said. “If you’re going to run for president, you don’t get to hide a lot of cards. You really have to be comfortable in your own skin, and even the process of that — in my view — takes a year. She didn’t get the benefit of that.”

 

Despite raising over $1 billion and spending nearly $2 billion in conjunction with super PACs, Harris lost all seven battleground states, including the blue wall of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. She also lost the popular vote by about 2.3 million, and her defeat was viewed as a drag on down-ballot Democrats. The party lost four Senate seats and its majority.

 

Democratic strategist Steve Jarding still sees Harris as viable. “She obviously was vice president for four years. She got thrown into [a] 107-day election, which may not have been a fair read — probably not fair,” he said. “She’s got a tremendous donor base to work with. She’s got experience. I would be careful if I were the Democrats to throw out, ‘Well, she lost all the battleground states.’ Who has a better résumé, for instance?”

 

Still, Harris's campaign faced setbacks beyond her control, including the backlash over her husband Doug Emhoff’s law firm agreeing to provide pro bono legal services to Trump’s administration. Emhoff criticized the deal, but the optics added to Harris’s challenges.

 

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut remains hopeful. “I think she’s a potential candidate. There were a good many reasons that she lost, some beyond her control. But she’s a strikingly attractive and effective candidate and public official,” he said. “She would certainly have support. The question would be whether she’s the best candidate, and there will be a lot of debate about that question.”

 

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[Jingthing]

Not a big fan but I think except for a few major errors, she ran an incredible campaign. But the people wanted fascism, cheaper eggs, and to scapegoat immigrants and LGBT people. In fairness, she deserves another shot to COMPETE for the nomination if there is a real election by then. 

[Mike_Hunt]

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Not a big fan but I think except for a few major errors, she ran an incredible campaign. But the people wanted fascism, cheaper eggs, and to scapegoat immigrants and LGBT people. In fairness, she deserves another shot to COMPETE for the nomination if there is a real election by then. 

 

fascism.   ::DRINK::

[Cryingdick]

41 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Not a big fan but I think except for a few major errors, she ran an incredible campaign. But the people wanted fascism, cheaper eggs, and to scapegoat immigrants and LGBT people. In fairness, she deserves another shot to COMPETE for the nomination if there is a real election by then. 

She has no path this time a primary will serve as a guard rail. No way she makes it through that. Governor Kamala is her possible path. Even then i doubt it. Watching her debate AOC on a stage in the primaries would be fun. 

 

You could candidate shop like you do while trying to figure out who is less stupid. Walz was the perfect choice right?

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

She has no path this time a primary will serve as a guard rail. No way she makes it through that. Governor Kamala is her possible path. Even then i doubt it.

Like I said I'm not a big fan.

But in many ways she was served an unfair deck by the timing of Bidem's exit.

So we saw something historically weird and difficult. 

So I'm just saying she deserves to compete in the primaries

[Cryingdick]

Just now, Jingthing said:

Like I said I'm not a big fan.

But in many ways she was served an unfair deck by the timing of Bidem's exit.

So we saw something historically weird and difficult. 

So I'm just saying she deserves to compete in the primaries

If the dems have any sense it will be a white dude that can come across as Normal/sane. 

[Jingthing]

14 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

If the dems have any sense it will be a white dude that can come across as Normal/sane. 

It's impossible to predict the political mood in 2028 if there is a real election then. 

So therefore it's impossible to predict what sort of candidate would be the best as well.

 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

It's impossible to predict the political mood in 2028 if there is a real election then. 

So therefore it's impossible to predict what sort of candidate would be the best as well.

 

 

 

It is impossible to imagine who the dems will crown as they are crazy. Let them primary all of their established leaders and try to elevate the squad types. Put Fetterman in he is crazy but as normal as the dems are these days. Wes Moore has already side stepped crazy. He is smart to wait this out.

[Tug]

56 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

 

It is impossible to imagine who the dems will crown as they are crazy. Let them primary all of their established leaders and try to elevate the squad types. Put Fetterman in he is crazy but as normal as the dems are these days. Wes Moore has already side stepped crazy. He is smart to wait this out.

Personally I like newsome as far as the dems being crazy……have you looked at your party lately?siding with the likes of Putin all the trolling the cartoon nfts the attacks on the constitution the ignoring of court orders the selling of influence the self inflicted trade war …..it’s a fire hose of crazy nay a tsunami of crazy’!!

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

Personally I like newsome as far as the dems being crazy……have you looked at your party lately?siding with the likes of Putin all the trolling the cartoon nfts the attacks on the constitution the ignoring of court orders the selling of influence the self inflicted trade war …..it’s a fire hose of crazy nay a tsunami of crazy’!!

I am not a republican. Go ahead and run Newsom, one thing you will notice about liberals that aren't rich is they all love california but nobody lives or vacations there. They have memories of it being a great place, and wax lyrical about Mission burritos. that all fails when that burrito is $25 now.

 

It took the dems to turn paradise into a hellhole. 

[sharot724]

7 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

I am not a republican. Go ahead and run Newsom, one thing you will notice about liberals that aren't rich is they all love california but nobody lives or vacations there. They have memories of it being a great place, and wax lyrical about Mission burritos. that all fails when that burrito is $25 now.

 

It took the dems to turn paradise into a hellhole. 

Detached from reality in WV maybe, yup.

[Tug]

I do live there I was born there I had a rough start in life and thrived there it’s the 4th largest economy on the planet.kamala Harris was our AG Senator and vice president she is also female and of color she came from a single parent household she is incredibly well qualified to be anything she desires to be far and away better that what we and the world are saddled with now.she lost by 1.5% against a white fambloyant fraud to bad we missed the boat.

[Cryingdick]

4 minutes ago, sharot724 said:

Detached from reality in WV maybe, yup.

I have lived in more places than you ever will. I live 25 minutes from the liberal enclave of Pittsburgh, just sold some waterfront in Michigan, amd from Minnesota, lived in SF and LA, HI, ME, IA, AZ. Have some land in Florida, and who might you be?

[Gsxrnz]

And the next All Blacks fullback will be a transexual paraplegic with Parkinson's. 

[impulse]

Her only part in the play was as Biden's insurance policy against getting impeached or 25th'ed.

 

But, run her again in 2028.  I dare you.  I double dare you.

 

 

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

15 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

I am not a republican. Go ahead and run Newsom, one thing you will notice about liberals that aren't rich is they all love california but nobody lives or vacations there. They have memories of it being a great place, and wax lyrical about Mission burritos. that all fails when that burrito is $25 now.

 

It took the dems to turn paradise into a hellhole. 

I was raised in Ca. and still own multiple homes there. It's hard to lay blame on just Newsome for what's happening there but he surely is responsible for some of the lunacy. Just one small example is that all lawn mowers and weed eaters and gardening tools must be battery operated, no more gas. Now folks have to travel to Nevada for tools.

 

Because of EV sales, gas tax is dwindling so now theirs talk of taxing vehicles based on milage driven.

[steven100]

Isn't there any sane, decent, educated,  level headed common sense candidate's to run for Presidency left in the world. 

 

god help America   !    god help the world   !!    

[Tug]

6 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I was raised in Ca. and still own multiple homes there. It's hard to lay blame on just Newsome for what's happening there but he surely is responsible for some of the lunacy. Just one small example is that all lawn mowers and weed eaters and gardening tools must be battery operated, no more gas. Now folks have to travel to Nevada for tools.

 

Because of EV sales, gas tax is dwindling so now theirs talk of taxing vehicles based on milage driven.

I’m in total agreement on that some of it is lunacy but some of it is good as well,you would be surprised at how many republican ideas I agree with,just not the way trump try’s to ditctate it.

[Yagoda]

Kamal 2028! With AOC! Im voting for either of them in the Primaries.

[henryford1958]

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Isn't there any sane, decent, educated,  level headed common sense candidate's to run for Presidency left in the world. 

 

god help America   !    god help the world   !!    

 

I agree, 350 million people and Kamala is seen as their best hope !! Still we can't really comment with the nut job Starmer as Prime Minister in the UK.

[thesetat]

26 minutes ago, Tug said:

I do live there I was born there I had a rough start in life and thrived there it’s the 4th largest economy on the planet.kamala Harris was our AG Senator and vice president she is also female and of color she came from a single parent household she is incredibly well qualified to be anything she desires to be far and away better that what we and the world are saddled with now.she lost by 1.5% against a white fambloyant fraud to bad we missed the boat.

Ohh please. Incredibly qualified to make word salads only. She showed the world what an idiot she was in everyone she talked to. After 4 years as Vice president she knew absolutely nothing about international politics or relations. She could not even answer simple questions without some kind of word salad or relying on someone else to help her reply. 

Needless to say anything about why you would want someone like Harris running the countries money since she completely blew a billion dollars in 3 months. Imagine how much damage she could do with the trillions passing through the WH policies. 

[dinsdale]

Let her run. Not sure I could stand more of the cackling idiocy but it would be a guaranteed win for whoever the Republican's run with.

[flexomike]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Not a big fan but I think except for a few major errors, she ran an incredible campaign. But the people wanted fascism, cheaper eggs, and to scapegoat immigrants and LGBT people. In fairness, she deserves another shot to COMPETE for the nomination if there is a real election by then. 

You just lost whatever credibility you had with that post. You have to be from California 

[flexomike]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Like I said I'm not a big fan.

But in many ways she was served an unfair deck by the timing of Bidem's exit.

So we saw something historically weird and difficult. 

So I'm just saying she deserves to compete in the primaries

The only way she wins is if she takes her knee pads with 

[flexomike]

55 minutes ago, Tug said:

Personally I like newsome as far as the dems being crazy……have you looked at your party lately?siding with the likes of Putin all the trolling the cartoon nfts the attacks on the constitution the ignoring of court orders the selling of influence the self inflicted trade war …..it’s a fire hose of crazy nay a tsunami of crazy’!!

Being from California you don't have any cred. Newsom is another dickhead 

[nick supreme]

The United States was not prepared for a strong woman of color. We still have a long way to go to break the glass ceiling.

[Tug]

3 minutes ago, flexomike said:

Being from California you don't have any cred. Newsom is another dickhead 

4th largest economy on the planet in spite of some mistakes…..hummm….

[HappyExpat57]

33 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Isn't there any sane, decent, educated,  level headed common sense candidate's to run for Presidency left in the world. 

 

god help America   !    god help the world   !!    

This guy was shut out by the DNC before he even got out the starting gate (stabbed in the back much like they did Bernie). I don't know much about him, they quashed him cuz they wanted a black woman. Free elections my ass.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Phillips

[Mike_Hunt]

8 minutes ago, Tug said:

4th largest economy on the planet in spite of some mistakes…..hummm….

4th largest economy with highest poverty rate in the national and a horrible literacy rate. 

 

SACRAMENTO, CA — California continues to face significant levels of poverty, with the state once again having the highest poverty rate in the nation, according to a new Budget Center analysis of newly released data by the United States Census Bureau. Despite some recovery from the economic impacts of the pandemic, California’s poverty rate in 2023 remained alarmingly high at 18.9%, with approximately 7.3 million state residents unable to meet basic needs — a population larger than California’s four largest cities combined: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.

 

https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/new-census-data-show-california-poverty-soared-to-alarmingly-high-levels-in-2023/

 

 

[impulse]

25 minutes ago, nick supreme said:

The United States was not prepared for a strong woman of color. We still have a long way to go to break the glass ceiling.

 

If only the Dems had run strong woman (or man) of any color, they could have won in 2024. 

 

It was theirs to lose, and they ran Kamala and Tim.  In soccer, they call that an "own goal".