What a terrible idea…
According to a Politico report, outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris is telling allies she’s open to a comeback — perhaps for a gubernatorial run or another shot at The White House.
Sources say she’s “staying in the fight,” despite a landslide loss to Donald Trump, and plans to mull over her political future with family during the holidays, five sources close to the VP told Politico.
“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” one former campaign aide told Politico.
“The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”
From The New York Post:
Betting markets have mused that Harris could be viable in the 2028 presidential race, in which both parties are expected to have wide-open contests, though she is lagging behind other Dems such as former first lady Michelle Obama and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
It is uncommon for presidential losers to vie again and make it into the White House, though President-elect Donald Trump did just that on Nov. 5.
The outgoing vice president is the first Democrat to lose the popular vote during a presidential election in two decades.
While in office, Harris dipped to one of the lowest favorability ratings of any VP over roughly the same period, with a whopping 49% of registered voters expressing a negative view of her and just 32% of Americans saying they had a positive opinion, an NBC News poll found in June 2023.
One post-election poll from Echelon Insights pegged Harris at 41% in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic primary, trouncing the likes of Newsom (8%), Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (7%), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (6%) and others.
Harris burned through more than one billion dollars in 15 weeks and lost in a landslide.
More over at The New York Post:
Kamala Harris instructs allies to keep options on table for possible comeback bid: report https://t.co/a2vFkgquZO pic.twitter.com/1CNnqvf5YN
— New York Post (@nypost) November 25, 2024