"What is Kamala Harris' new book, 107 Days, supposed to be exactly? Is it a memoir about her historically short campaign against the most formidable Republican candidate since the Gipper? Is it an apology for losing that election and changing the course of American history? Or is it a warning to other political candidates that neoliberalism is no longer a winning strategy for the Democrats, and to restrategize while we still have free and fair elections?"
"It's not surprising Harris would write a book about her uniquely hamstrung campaign and her gutting, history-defining loss. Hillary Clinton did something similar after she lost in 2016 with her book, What Happened. But Clinton's book came out when we were collectively still stunned at the prospect of a Trump presidency. Harris' book is being released into a world where everyone knows exactly what's happening, but no one really knows what to do about it. Harris, it seems, has no real answers either."
Kamala Harris' 107 Days presents an ambiguous mix of memoir, apology, and political warning about Democratic strategy. The narrative dwells on a historically short, hamstrung campaign and offers motivational passages alongside granular domestic details, including batch-freezing meals for Doug Emhoff. The structure organizes nearly every chapter as a single day of campaigning, producing episodic snapshots and rallying rhetoric. The work is compared to Hillary Clinton's post-2016 book but appears released at a moment of broader recognition of political shifts. The text conveys uncertainty rather than clear answers about reforming Democratic strategy.
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