She lost. She lost badly.
She outspent Donald Trump by historic margins and still got crushed. Now Kamala Harris is eyeing the White House again — and the question isn't whether her party will let her try. It's whether anyone can explain why she thinks the third time is the charm when the first two didn't even come close. What does she think she knows that everyone else in her party doesn't?
It’s obvious that Kamala is quietly positioning herself for a 2028 presidential run. She's been touring the country, speaking to state parties, meeting with donors, and laying the groundwork for what would be her third White House bid — following a 2020 primary campaign that collapsed before a single vote was cast and a 2024 general election loss to Donald Trump that wasn't particularly close. Trump crushed her in the Electoral College 312 to 226 and was the first Republican to win the popular vote in twenty years.
But sure — let's try again.
The clearest sign she's serious is who she's been calling. Kamala recently sat down with the Rev. Al Sharpton to ask for guidance on her next steps. Sharpton reminded her of her historic firsts as vice president and pointed out that her 75 million votes in 2024 were more than any runner-up in U.S. presidential history. He also warned her, gently, that another loss could erase that legacy.
“She is being encouraged to run by a lot of people around her and by a lot of people around the country,” Sharpton told NBC News. “She is definitely getting a lot of push, and I think it will ultimately impact her decision.”
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Inside the party, the skeptics are not exactly hiding. Democratic insiders say Kamala carries too much Biden-era baggage, had her shot, and still lost despite an essentially unprecedented financial advantage. One prominent Kamala donor made the obvious observation that she "comes with baggage" and that, as the presumed front-runner, "it will be easy to cut her legs." Some Democrats are whispering — carefully — that nominating another woman or another person of color after back-to-back losses by Kamala and Hillary Clinton in 2016 would doom the party again.
But of course, since she's a minority woman and the former vice president, she's everything the identity-obsessed Democrats want in a nominee. And it might be too much for the party to ignore.
She’s doing everything to signal that she’ll run for president again, without being 100% committed to it. In the end, I’m convinced that if she somehow realizes that her moment has passed and chooses not to run, party insiders will breathe a sigh of relief. Sure, she leads the primary polls now, but that means very little at this point.
Personally, I’d love to see her run because it would be such a huge problem for the Democrats. If she runs, it won't be because she believes she's the best candidate. It'll be entirely her ego. And that would be a gift to the Republican Party.
