She lost to Joe Biden back then….
She pissed him off….
She ended up being his Vice President….
Now she is succeeding his effort for another term as President …
In losing?
Kamala Harris HAS succeeded…
Her efforts and recovery HAVE paved the way for a success beyond anything we could have thought …..
The best day of Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign was its first.
Before she was tripped up by CNN town halls, forced to respond to a torrent of policy proposals put forth by Senator Elizabeth Warren, savaged by Representative Tulsi Gabbard and sandwiched between the moderation of Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, she drew 20,000 people to a rally in her native Oakland, Calif., that showed hints of the unifying Democratic figure she now promises to be.
In that speech, delivered in January 2019, Ms. Harris owned her record as a prosecutor, told personal stories about the impact of her family and multicultural upbringing, and struck fear in the heart of her Democratic rivals. The argument for her candidacy at the time was similar to the arguments that voters and political analysts are making in her favor right now. Mr. Biden had the experience, Ms. Warren had the policy, and Senator Bernie Sanders had the progressive appeal — but Ms. Harris was the candidate who could theoretically do all the above. It did not matter that in that crowded primary contest, few voters said she was their first choice. It mattered that she was nearly everyone’s second or third….
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Now, with less than 100 days to go until Election Day, Ms. Harris has a rare opportunity to reintroduce herself to the American public. More than five years later, she is shaping up to be a different type of candidate this time — a Kamala Harris who sounds more like the one at that introductory speech in Oakland than the inconsistent candidate she proved to be….
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Maybe the biggest change from Ms. Harris’s 2020 presidential race is within her own party: Democrats seem to like her much more now….
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No matter what happened in 2019, Ms. Harris currently finds herself in an ideal electoral situation: a short race against a polarizing opponent, and with the backing of many small-dollar donors, celebrities and elected officials within her party.
It’s now just up to the candidate….