From running a real good campaign at first to having her attacks on Joe Biden cost her?
California Democratic Senator Kamala Harris hung in there….
But in the end?
And as we come down to the actually primary voting…
Money becomes an issue…
And the reality of polling numbers sink in…
Kamala Harris dropped her presidential campaign on Tuesday after months of failing to lift her candidacy from the bottom of the field — a premature ending for a California senator once heralded as a top-tier contender for the nomination.
Harris told aides of her intentions in an all-staff call. A person familiar with the call said she sounded distraught. While Harris had qualified for the December debate in her home state, she was running dangerously low on cash — lacking the resources to air TV ads in Iowa — and her staff was gripped by long-running internal turmoil.
Still, the news came as a shock to some of her biggest supporters. Just as Harris was announcing the news internally, a super PAC had cleared more than $1 million in TV ads in Iowa to boost her struggling campaign. The ad, which argued she was the best-equipped candidate to take on Trump, was canceled.
“Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: ‘I am not perfect.’ But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. I will speak the truth. And that’s what I have tried to do every day of this campaign. So here’s the truth today,” Harris wrote in a note to supporters. “I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life. My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue .”….
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Annie Andersen
@Annie_Andersen
This is
@joebiden
as reports came out that California Senator
@KamalaHarris
will be leaving the race today. Biden Cale’s her a “first rate candidate.” The news came out during this event and you can see the shock on Biden’s face.
@cspan
(Could Kamala Harris be first in line for Joe Biden’s Vice President?….Or Atty7 Gen?
Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.), the only Black woman in the race, announced on Tuesday that she’s dropping out. Her departure leaves six candidates — all white — who have qualified for the next debate, scheduled for Dec. 19: Former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and billionaire Tom Steyer….
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Overall,she made a good impression.
She will be heard from in the future.