Is Kamala Harris Ever Going to Happen For the Democrats?

Is becoming one of the administration’s faces for women’s rights going to be enough to change the trajectory of her career?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readApr 19, 2024
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Ah, Kamala Harris.

I think it’s safe to say that the Vice President has failed to live up to the hope and hype that the Democratic Party had for her.

Remember when the torch was supposed to be passed to her? Remember when it was widely known that she was former President Obama’s choice to run against Donald Trump instead of Joe Biden?

It just hasn’t panned out, has it?

It’s been a fascinating shift since she shared the debate stage with Biden, and infamously went with the “that little girl was me” line that was admittedly one of the best debate-winning sequences I’ve personally ever watched.

Since then, it just hasn’t gone well.

That hasn’t stopped Democrats from hoping for otherwise, though.

Charles M. Blow with The Seattle Times writes:

“…Her approval rating, like Biden’s, has languished below 50% for most of her term.

And she remains a source of concern, a perceived vulnerability to Biden’s reelection. In March…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx