"Every defeated presidential nominee, until Harris, had a place within their party after the crushing loss. Al Gore became a famed environmental activist; John Kerry enjoyed years as a senior statesman in the Obama administration; and even Hillary Clinton, who never returned to elected office or another Cabinet, hovered over the party as the martyr of 2016 - if not for the Russians or James Comey or misogyny, some liberals might say, she would have been the nation's first female president."
"The media tour Harris has undertaken for her recently published memoir is a reminder that the former vice-president is going to struggle to have a place in the political firmament. She will not run for governor of California (she had no vision for the office anyway). She has mulled a 2028 presidential run, where she is no longer the polling leader."
Kamala Harris faces few realistic political options after her electoral defeat and appears to lack a clear future role. Previous defeated major-party nominees usually found influential positions inside their parties or in public life, but Harris presents no comparable alternative path. Her recent media tour for a memoir highlights the struggle to regain relevance. She will not run for California governor and she no longer leads in preliminary presidential polling for 2028. Harris did not develop a strong leadership identity within the party, and her selection in 2020 is portrayed as a misstep that missed other potentially stronger female candidates.
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