Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Kamala Harris' Campaign Was Never The Same After Tulsi Gabbard

When Kamala Harris announced her White House bid in January, I declared that she was Donald Trump's biggest challenger.


Today, after 10½ months in the race, Harris has ended her bid. The announcement comes only days after a New York Times article revealed a campaign in complete chaos and in deep division.


While history will show that Harris dropped out of the race at the beginning of December, her campaign ended at the end of July when she had no effective response to Tulsi Gabbard's barrage against her record as California Attorney General during the Democratic debate in Detroit even though Gabbard had been attacking her record as well as her treatment of Joe Biden in the weeks leading up to the debate. The moment Harris couldn't rebut Gabbard her campaign lost its raison d'être.


She rode high in June against Biden, but was shot down by Gabbard in July. If nothing else, Harris peaked too soon.


At this point, Harris' best bet is to return to the Senate and get her groove back during Senate impeachment proceedings against Trump.

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