Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House.

In her first UK interview, Harris said she would "possibly" be president one day and was confident there will be a woman in the White House in future.

Making her strongest suggestion to date that she will make another presidential bid in 2028 after losing to Donald Trump last year, Harris dismissed polls that put her as an outsider to become the Democrats' pick for the next election.

Speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Harris also turned her fire on her former rival, branding Trump a "tyrant", and said warnings she made about him on the campaign trail had been proved right.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n7k2veywo

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This is a show for UK audiences unlike BBC World Service or World News programming. So I’m not sure if the full interview will be available outside the UK.

[xocetaceans]

1. Another campaign for the White House by former VP Harris would not end any better than this last election. It . . .

. . . would be a major mistake for her to run again. Former Sec Clinton might as well run again, if former VP Harris is taking this "possibly" as serious. Sec Clinton was ten times the candidate that VP Harris was. Either way, both would certainly suppress the voter turnout by a complete lack of enthusiasm for them, and both attempts would usher the next MAGA GOP monstrosity into the White House.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Kamala would make an excellent President and could easily win if she runs...

Of course, it depends on who also runs... if it's AOC, she'll be the nominee without question.

[mdbl]

12. I don't agree. Unfortunately, I had to say that as I really like Harris.

However, what we really need is a big fucking bully that makes every repug look like the greedy fascist idiots they truly are. If you can find that candidate, let me know. If the nominee did turn out to be Harris of course I would support her but I fear it won't be enough. Should it come to pass, I'll happily proclaim myself full of shit.

[RazorbackExpat]

25. Govermor Pritzker of Illinois seems to be a tough guy

I'm thinking of a possible ticket involving him and either Governor Newsom or Governor Bashear of Kentucky

[RazorbackExpat]

39. I listened to an interview with Governor Bashear

and I thought, this is the kind of guy who could win some Southern states for the Democrats. He's got a really good head on his shoulders.

[maliaSmith]

14. Kamala

She won't win the nomination; Gavin will and I'll support him.

[NH Ethylene]

17. Yes, she would be a good president.

But I don't see how we dare take a risk like that.

[Jbraybarten]

34. AOC should focus on winning a state wide election first.

[CTyankee]

2. A lot depends on how effed up Trump makes this country. We got a while and he seems to be pissing off a new group

of people every day. There's a storm coming and tsf and JD are gonna be swept out of office on it. If Trump doesn't blow up the world I am sure he and JD will gone somehow after they piss off one group, and then the next, and the next, and so on. They're doing that nicely right now...

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. She may run, but she won't be the nominee again

The donors won’t back her, and it’s likely the donors and the current DNC power structure will insist on a straight white male (not named Shapiro or Newsom).

I hope to see a woman in the WH in my lifetime, but it won’t be Harris, and it won’t be in 2028.

[karin_sj]

4. I love her

And she would have made a fantastic president. But I don’t think she should run. There are too many racists and misogynists in the U.S. And, this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think she fought hard enough to make sure the election was legitimate. I’ll never believe he actually won all the swing states, plus there were all the bomb threats at the voting places, plus the fact he told his followers they’d never have to vote again, etc., etc., etc. We need an extreme fighter as our candidate next time because they are going to fight really dirty and do everything in their power (including cheat) to make sure they win.

[Ritabert]

5. No please. We need a Pritzker or Newsom

Or Mark Kelly or Andy Beshear.

[Bayard]

10. I like a Pritzker/Beshear ticket

[Ritabert]

11. Sounds good.

[mcar]

6. Good!

[multigraincracker]

8. I'd vote for her...again.

[NH Ethylene]

9. I like her. And of course I would vote for her in a general. But . . .

But the last thing we need is a black woman running again. Sad to say, we need a white male to be competitive, particularly now in this racist, sexist, divided country. He probably needs to be straight too, and seen as not TOO liberal.

As always I maintain hope that someday this will change. But right now we must get the White House back from the clutches of the extreme right and that is far more important than making an unsuccessful statement about our inclusiveness.

[CTyankee]

13. Well, it looks like another white male is on tap for electing our next President.

We have to wait and see, of course, but judging by the drift of things now it's gonna be Newsom. I am willing to bet he'll try for a woman VP since the Dem base has a lot of women (and getting more each time tsf and the other repukes try to limit women's rights even further).

[Jbraybarten]

37. It's way to early to know. That said, I think that Pritzker may check off more boxes and

isn't from "cALiFoRnIa" (a stupid minus) and is also from the Midwest. I'll happily vote for whomever, but I think at the end of the day, it's going to be a challenging mix of appeal, charisma, geography, fight (as in the fight in the candidate to bring it) and policy.

[fujiyamasan]

15. She's not getting the nomination

She’s welcome to run though. It will be a wide open race.

[JI7]

16. I don't think she will actually end up running

It's too early to say no right now though becsuse you never know how things will be in the future.

[Prairie Gates]

18. Ooooof

God help us.

[JoseBalow]

19. How disappointing

I was hoping the comments would be more entertaining.

[Akakoji]

20. At least this time I believe she won't even make it out of the primary system

As much as I, as we all, would like to believe that men and certain groups will vote for a woman as President, they just will not. Harris is more than qualified. She's overqualified. But she is still a woman. A Black woman. It will not happen. Stupid, racist, sexism is hardwired into the brains of a huge number of Americans. Indeed, the world.

[CTyankee]

22. Yes. This is depressing, but you are right. I' sick at heart over it.

[CrispyQ]

31. If you look at just her resume & experience, IMO, she was THE most qualified candidate in my lifetime.

The dems really dropped the ball after Don's conviction. They should have started calling him Felon 34 & her campaign certainly should have picked up on it, but no, we all just let that perfect nickname slip away. We should still be calling him that.

From my yard last fall.

[electric_blue68]

21. I like her a whole lot, AND Too Much Racism & Sexism STILL Around for her sucess. Infuriating!

[Polybius]

23. I'll wait to see who's running before I make an endorsement

I hope it's Gavin though.

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. Certainly preferable to Newsome.

[chia]

28. His name is Newsom.

[Miguelito Loveless]

42. Fine, preferable to Newsom

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. I would support her if she runs

[TBA]

27. No No No - We need a Straight white male.

I pains me to say it but we lost many independent men to Trump because they could not stomach voting for a woman.

(FIY - I'm a woman)

[awesomerwb1]

29. No thanks

[BeyondGeography]

30. She must not realize she has a snowball's chance in a hot place to be our nominee

Tells you who she talks to IMO, in other words the same type of people who helped her to defeat last year.

And before you jump on me I thought she performed mostly admirably under very difficult circumstances. “Mostly” because while she delivered a debate performance for the ages she received and accepted fatally bad communications advice; what to say, when to say it, how often to say anything at all and who to say it to. She is cautious to a fault, which is not a bad trait for a prosecutor, but a total non-starter for anyone who wants to crack the contemporary code and win nationally right now.

[thought crime]

41. It might be interesting to see what she learned from her campaign.

I agree that the over-caution and communications strategy was too defensive. She seems to understand that a fundamental change is needed.

[CrispyQ]

32. I agree with the DU poster a few days ago, who stated they think the first woman prez will be a republican.

It makes me gag a little, but I think it's true. I think dem leadership & donors will make sure a woman will never be at the top of our ticket until we win the presidency again. The right black or Latino male might get a nod, but the ladies will be sitting out many dances.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

33. That's what

Bill Clinton said. The first woman to be President will be a Republican.

[CrispyQ]

36. Charlie Kirk's wife could probably pull it off if the election was this year.

If it happens, it will be painful. Would I rather no woman be elected president over a repub one? I might.

[Jbraybarten]

35. That was my thought on election night. It's sad.

[EuterpeThelo]

38. My best friend and I

(lifelong political junkies) called the winning 2020 ticket back in 2018.

Right now, my money would be on Pritzker...except for the fact that people inherently knee-jerk discriminate against anyone who is overweight, and anti-billionaire sentiment may get a lot worse by 2028.

Buttigieg would be amazing, but I fear too many closet bigots would tank his candidacy...he will, one day when we EVOLVE as a country, make a fantastic chief exec.

And I love Kamala fiercely, but agree that we (sadly) can't risk running anyone but a straight, white dude for 2028 (and that's coming from someone who supported her in the primary in 2019/2020). She was one of the most qualified people ever to run, but I remain really surprised that she didn't fight harder to ensure the accuracy of this last election. Too many math problems IMHO with the purported outcome - all seven swing states, and all just above the margin needed to trigger a recount? The fact that he IMPROVED his vote count in 90% of counties after EVERYTHING he has done???

For those who say it's a CT, sorry, but I'm watching the Rockland County lawsuit and the comments by both Eloon and the orange hellbeast in the run-up never sat right with me. He always cheats and he tells on himself, so I don't see why that should be any different with respect to the election.

Sadly, I don't even think FDR could be elected now due to his disability. "Central casting" appearance seems more important than substance anymore and we're all the worse off for it. I blame reality TV for a lot of our current ills.

My biggest fear is that Newsom (my governor, who I mostly love save those poor choices of giving extremists a platform on his podcast and his comments about trans folk) will win the primary but lose the general. There is JUST so much fear-mongering about "librul California elitists" and, unfortunately, many of those in the fly-over states (most of whom have never even set foot here) buy into the b.s. that our entire state has devolved into a sh!thole of homelessness, violence and "woke" (whatever that actually means).

[orangecrush]

40. Please no

[thought crime]

43. Kamala Unchained. Go Kamala!

Those who say we must run a straight white male have a defeatist attitude. They have already surrendered.

Kamala was a great candidate running in a terrible situation. She should have had two years to campaign but had little over two months. She showed herself to be very smart and qualified. She was the most adept debater anyone has seen in recent elections. She did her homework and was running 26 hours a day, always smiling. She is also very well positioned to hold the Democratic coalition.

I look forward to seeing how she approaches this. It looks good so far.

And I hope she picks AOC or Jasmine Crockett as a running mate. For those who think this would be crazy, you are part of the problem. Many young people see the Democratic Party as being too risk-adverse. We need to put our best foot forward and show great confidence in our ideas and in our very best leaders. If we are defensive we are losing.