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Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital.

But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years. As Harris has repeated in phone calls, “I am staying in the fight.”

She is expected to explore those and other possible paths forward with family members over the winter holiday season, according to five people in the Harris inner circle, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. Her deliberations follow an extraordinary four months in which Harris went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to the top of the ticket, reenergizing Democrats before ultimately crashing on election night.

“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “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.”

      • AmidFuror@fedia.io
        510·
        23 days ago

        True. They only won in 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, and 2020. That’s only 5 of the last 9 Presidential elections! And of course they lost 3 in a row from 1980 to 1988.

        Democrats definitely are good at losing Presidential elections. The only party with a similar record is the Republican party.

        • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
          91·
          23 days ago

          lol, 1992 was 32 years ago. Also the last time the Redskins Commanders won a Superbowl. 1996 was 28 years ago. Gen Z had not even been born.

          Obama won 2008 and 2012 on a campaign of Hope for Change. A populist platform. That the Dems then squandered.

          Biden didn’t win 2020, people voted against Trump. And then the Biden admin squandered the high ground. And then failed to provide for the processes to select a new Democratic leader, and instead anointed his successor, who failed spectacularly.

          But, if you can look at the last 32+ years, and rationalize it to yourself, nothing I have to add will sway your decision.

          • AmidFuror@fedia.io
            25·
            23 days ago

            This is some insane rationalization. 5 of the last 9, but the first 2 don’t count because they were a long time ago, and then the next 2 don’t count because it was a populist, and the last one didn’t count because the other guy was worse.

            Yeah, I guess if you look at it that way, the Democrats do nothing but lose…

              • AmidFuror@fedia.io
                11·
                19 days ago

                And? 11 of the 19 is not “losing is our strategy.” It’s close to even (9.5 of 19).

                But you forgot that none of the 8 Democratic wins count because of reasons.

                • kreskin@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  17 days ago

                  8/19 vs 11 of 19. 42 to 58 percent. A 16 point difference seems “close to even” to you?
                  Well OK-- that explains how we came to the last election loss after we were assured the race was “close to even”.