Kamala Harris’s new book 107 DAYS is ESSENTIAL READING! I downloaded it last night and read ’til 2:30. Had a helluva hard time putting it down. Got to the chapter 62 Days To the Election and just had to.
I know how it ends, of course. At least up until this moment, October 11, 2025. I’d vote for Harris again in a heartbeat. Unless someone her equal or better came along. (I’m looking at you, Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Jasmine Crockett… in alphabetical order by last name, to keep it fair and not tip my hat to any one particular standout alternative option. Brilliant individuals, all!)
107 days was too short a time. Had she been in longer I feel confident she would have won. (I’m still not sure she didn’t. I continue to believe Musk and Thiel and other tech industry giants put their far right, racist misogynistic algorithms and thumbs on the scales and caused the vote to go the way it did. Not to mention the egregious gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics that are always part and parcel of the GOP’s “winning” strategy. So, yes, I’m still sore about the blatant unfairness of it all.)
Anyway, I look forward to reading the rest of the book. It always fascinates me to get inside the minds and structures of campaigns to see how the sausage is made.
As I read this I am reminded of how quickly everything had to fall into place for Harris to have had any chance at all of winning the race. And she came so tantalizingly close, notwithstanding the army of tech and media giants that were deadset on making sure T-Wrecks won the catbird’s seat again.
I am disappointed to learn that the Biden people didn’t help — and even hindered — her ability to get the word put about her formidable talent and accomplishments. I can understand how crushed they all were when Biden bowed out: I was, too. But as soon as I saw the groundswell of enthusiasm for her and how well she picked up the torch and ran with it, I was delighted and eager to watch her run and win. But the Biden folks were unsettled by her rising popularity, apparently, and felt diminished by it — which would have been my polar opposite response. The more wellknown and popular she became, the more likely she would prevail against T-WRECKS. And had she won, the United States would be nowhere near where we are today (in our own estimation and the world’s) as a nation.
It’s a tragedy. But the end hasn’t been written yet, It’s up to voters to pull us out of this tailspin and get back on a flight path that results in a smooth landing and a way forward that preserves our democracy.
The happy ending depends on US!
