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Kamala Harris says she’s ‘thinking about’ running for president again in 2028
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2026
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Well the only reason she got to be a candidate last time was that there was no primary. If she runs again she’ll probably just lose the primary again unless the dnc decides to use their super delegates to just anoint her like they did Hilary
Not a good idea.
I think Kamala got totally screwed over by Biden, I think there is a chance if he had stepped out earlier that she could have had more time to differentiate herself from Biden, but there just wasn't enough time. A significant amount of voters didn't even know Biden had dropped out it happened so late in the process.
That can be true along with the fact that Kamala is not the right candidate now and she won't win. I say this as someone who criticized her heavily on certain issues but still voted for her because yeah Trump is a fascist.
Also.... it isn't because she is a woman it is because she doesn't have a track record of being genuinely for everyday issues like housing, healthcare and genuinely progressive reform. There are better people for this moment. We need people like AOC, Rashida Talib, Ilhan Omar etc...
We have a lot of amazing women in politics in the US right now all the way to nearly the highest levels of power, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton just aren't the right people for the moment, it isn't about them being women though yes the US is sexist as hell still.
It's astounding to me that the DNC still trots out "well, she lost because she was a woman."
Slightly different tone than in 2008, when the argument was "a Black man can't get elected."
It's about the fucking policies! If they only work for corporations, it matters little what letter is after the name.
Why do people think the majority or even a large percentage of people in the US at this point will die on the hill of their sexism and racism?
Some of those people exist but most people want to hear a politician speaking to real things, they don't have the energy to engage in the degree of identity politics bullshit the DNC and DC class of pundits seem to think everyone does. Even if you are somewhat sexist or racist if someone is promising you well thought out cost of housing policy reforms at a certain point you have to look after your family and support it to keep a roof over your head.
Sure MAGA cultists won't or at least won't get caught doing it but that isn't the point. It is about speaking to everyone else.
A woman can absolutely win the next presidential election, there is a good chance our best option is a woman. It comes down to how the next presidential candidate can speak to the issues that are crushing everyday people.
I think there are a large percentage of those people. I think they're all MAGA though. There's close to zero cost from anyone that would vote for Democrats though.
Charisma and policy are the two tent poles. Put someone up who has the charisma to navigate gotcha questions and policy that makes people think their lives will improve if they're elected. Oh, and don't do absolutely repugnant things like support genocide.
Identity is a flavoring at most. We know that because Barrack Hussein Obama was the best performing Democratic candidate in decades.
She'd be able to seperate herself? She didn't want to seperate herself.
She was specifically asked what she would do differently, and said she'd do nothing different from Biden.
JFC, of course she did. She will be the DNC sweetheart and fall flat on her face again. They may as well hand the WH to Vance if they run her
She can think all she wants, but I'd rather she not actually run.
I remember a time that when you lost a national election, you were put out to pasture.
.....time to bring that standard back
But then how can I bitch to pundits on Fox News to pretend the election never ended?
It really seems to me that the Democrats are quite similar to the Republicans in the sense that they will quadruple down regardless of what everyone else thinks or what might actually be beneficial.
I imagine this is a symptom of benefiting from the system regardless of what they do