"Kamala Harris's forthcoming memoir is less a campaign diary than a political reckoning, laying bare her frustrations with top Democrats who hesitated to back her or fell short as potential running mates. In 107 Days, due out next week, the former vice president revisits the whiplash summer of 2024, when former President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed her as his successor. The book, however, catalogues the grudges, rivalries, and awkward phone calls that followed as she sought out a running mate."
"Harris calls him poised, polished and personable, but paints him as too ambitious and indiscreet. She recalls Shapiro peppering her and her staff with questions about the vice presidency, even quizzing the residence manager about the number of bedrooms and how he might arrange to get Pennsylvania artists' work on loan from the Smithsonian. She also accuses him of a lack of discretion when CNN filmed his motorcade outside her home."
"Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Pritzker is noted for having been similarly noncommittal, pointing out that his state was hosting the Democratic National Convention. Pete Buttigieg Buttigeig is reportedly portrayed with most warmth and her first choice for vice president, although too big a risk. Harris recalls that in the chaotic hours after Biden's withdrawal, Buttigieg was first to pledge support."
Kamala Harris revisits the whiplash summer of 2024 after Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed her as his successor. She describes a fraught search for a running mate marked by grudges, rivalries and awkward phone calls. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is presented as poised and personable but overly ambitious and indiscreet, probing staff about residences and cultural loans and having a motorcade filmed outside her home. Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer is shown as cautious, offering private backing but delaying public endorsement. JB Pritzker stayed noncommittal while Pete Buttigieg pledged immediate support and was viewed as a risky favorite.
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