What is Kamala’s political future?

President of Howard University or University of California.

I typed HOWARD, not Harvard.

Similar to Al Gore's. The other young-ish VP who tried and failed. She's done in terms of national electoral politics. Maybe she can hone in on a specific mission or cause to champion as he did with climate change.

Please, no game shows.

Dancing With the Stars

Hillary 2.0. Expect her to disappear for a couple of years, then come up with a memoir.

Make Doug go back to work, sit back and live like a queen.

Her presidential career is dead. She did worse (by one) than Clinton.

She'll probably just leave politics entirely and the two of them will make millions. There's no good will or halo going to come from this loss (which I say as someone who thinks she ran a decent campaign and was the best option under the circumstances.)

But she's got to let go and so do we. Her collapse is complete.

I'm more interested in Pete's future, frankly.

r7 I said as much months ago when someone asked that question and I got attacked for being too vicious. But it's true, her political career is over.

R8, you may have noticed last night's election results. Pete doesn't have a political future.

I feel bad for walz

r10 I didn't say "political future", I just said "future" for a reason.

She’ll probably be happy that her political career has ended. She’s 60 years old and needs a cushier job. There are plenty of opportunities in the private sector.

R12, fair enough. Sorry, I missed the subtlety. I don't know what becomes of him. There's no political future in the short term. We don't even know what American democracy looks like in future. They talk of brain drain. I don't see it in the short term, but I wonder do the Petes and Kamalas and Obamas etc. just drift to other countries? A post at Oxford here, a gated luxury community there. I guess it all depends on how bad it gets. I don't think there's a short term rush for the exit but I do think there's a real risk people with money and intelligence may just quietly move on if it gets bad enough. I mean, why would you stay?

Do nothing.

R11 don’t feel bad for Walz. He was at the end of his political career as well. He gets to finish up being Gov of a state he adores. Then retire from politics as originally planned.

Dems have fantastic governors in place and we can take back the House in 2026. The Senate is a lost cause. Hope none of our SC justice die before January 2029.

Yeah, she's toast - which is too bad because she stepped up in a way that shocked everyone and I don't think there's anything else she could've done. But her national aspirations are over. As someone else noted, maybe CA governor

I think she’ll be done with politics. Would you really want to face the public again in another campaign after that loss? But CA Gov wouldn’t be a bad bet, but I’m sure she’s ready to return to CA and make some serious money.

Governor Walz has his lovely family and term left as governor so he’s going to be fine.

Both of them will be fine, but the sting will never go away for Harris. She and Hillary probably will grab a drink and have a nice LONG chat in the near future.

I just hope she doesn’t cry in the concession speak. Don’t give them the satisfaction!

[quote] I think she’ll be done with politics. Would you really want to face the public again in another campaign after that loss?

Yes.

I wouldn't count her out. Gore had had a longer national political career than her, so he isn't a good comparison. People as different as Biden and Nixon had been counted out numerous times.

Back to McDonald's?

She's done. This was the kind of outcome that will end her political aspirations. She will go into the private sector.

"We have him on the run now!"

I'm sorry, but Hillary needs to go away too. No more DNC speeches, ever.

I'm not even sure the Obama magic survives this.

And I hope Oprah's role in politics is over.

Do you think Doug beat her up for losing yet?

Sadly for her it's a humiliating defeat. I don't really see a political future left for her. But she will become a university president or something like that. But I'm proud to have supported and voted for her.

so stupid of her to appear on SNL

speaking of Gore...wtf has he been up to?

[quote]I just hope she doesn’t cry in the concession speak.

CRY? She'll be laughing her head off!

I don't think it was humiliating for her. I think she handled herself admirably. Too many people feel squeezed, don't believe Trump is who is and do believe his easy answers, so punished the incumbents, to whom they don't have a lot of loyalty anyway. It's pretty simple. She can hold her head up and she'll be counting her millions.

She shot her shot. She’s done. If she had been smart, she would have run for CA senator again.

I too am still proud of her. But I also knew that is she won this battle she’d lose the war in a way. Even the best estimates had a split congress. So, her entire term would have been like Obama’s second term, but unlike Obama, she wouldn’t have ever had the senate so her cabinet and judicial options would be limited to non-existent.

Knowing all that, she still forged ahead.

The only thing we could have done, is hold a primary given Biden’s age and hope another candidate would come up.

But even then. With the era we are in, Dems were in a terrible predicament

We will move forward with a new strategy and focus for 2026 and 2028. But this loss will be felt for the rest of our lives.

She and Walz’s political careers are dead. Obama is still the most influential figure in the Democratic Party but his influence will wan as the years go on.

She will write a book about this election titled "What Happened - Part 2".

She ran to be President of an America that doesn’t exist anymore.

See you at Costco. Behind the tuna sale display.

I see her becoming the Governor of California. And I also like the idea of being a university President. I think she would want to DO SOMETHING. And I think it may involve education of future leaders. Doug was teaching at Georgetown.

What's the course called? Don't Do This?

She should release a CD of her cackling Beyonce's greatest hits.

Maybe relocating to Australia.

I just want her to flourish in privacy. She is a brave person and she did everything she could while standing up in front of the whole nation under a vile onslaught of slurs hurled by the worshippers of a senile felon.

Shapiro must be breathing a sigh of relief.

^ same with Wes Moore

Let's prep Shapiro for 2028. Calling it now - he'll be the candidate.

As for Kamala, she and Sunny Hostin will start a new HBCU from the ground up. They will start with the bricks Sunny has been shitting all morning.

Dem scramble for 2028 should be interesting. Kicked off already, I should imagine.

I’m calling it now - Newsom, Whitmer, Shapiro, Moore, Beshear etc will all announce their 2028 campaigns next week.

The word “toast” comes to mind.

r46 I don't think so, you need to peak at the right time. Plus, there's so much that'll happen over the next four years you need to adjust to when it comes to your political message and come onto the stage with a finished product. They'll slowly start announcing in spring 2027, I think.

Will the dems run Biden again in 2028? He will still be eligible having only served one term.

R25, Doug is Jewish

Er, 60 isn't young, OP.

Her future - a failed Vice President. She can blame Walz, the celebrity surrogates, bombing on “The View” but the Biden Harris administration is a failed administration.

By any objective measure the Biden administration was highly successful. Voters punish incumbents for inflation which happened globally.

After two years of Trump, again, and considering that Trump killed all political norms, that Harris should announce her 2028 candidacy for president, NEXT FUCKING YEAR before the midterms. She has momentum. It will push Trump to be a real two term President. Trump was running for president since he lost. Nixon ran til he won. I think a year from now Harris announces for 2028.

[quote]She has momentum.

Babe, has last night registered yet? She got one less EC vote than Hillary. She trailed Biden's results more often than not.

She's a compelling person and she ran hard and respectably, but one thing she doesn't have is momentum. Come on.

And she needs to feed in her votes to Hakeem.

And she needs to go head-to-head with the Propaganda machine of Fox/OAN/Newsmax,

Nobody cares.

Fries are up!

[quote]She's a compelling person

How about a talk show?

Leading a university makes sense. If she wants to stay in politics, the only real option is a state governor. She's already been a Senator.

She obviously smart and ambitious. I think she ran an amazing campaign in the short time she had. The problem is she ran as the standard Dem candidate. Dems need to whip up the fear that the GOP does every single time so effectively.

How about acting? She's very pretty and has a banging bod!

Every state went redder except Nebraska and Delaware. Black and latino men loathe her. The only job she'll get is at Netflix just like the Obamas.

Before the election, I thought a loss would've been like Hillary's & she could've had the California gubernatorial race for the asking. But not after this shellacking.

While Marjorie Taylor Greene has been given another chance to rampage around in her customary manner. How disgusting is this country willing and able to be?!

See Mike Dukakis.

How about a song & dance act with Mike Pence?

R66, he became a professor at Harvard, I think. That seems like a respectable outcome.

[quote] She ran to be President of an America that doesn’t exist anymore.

Quote of the day right there.

I'm guessing Doug will go back to his law firm asap. He missed the work and he doesn't seem like the type of mope about. She will write a book and she can be brutally honest now that she's not worried about her political future.

I’m sure her ego will tell her to run for governor in California but the Democratic Party is done with her.

Cushy jobs on corporate Board of Directors, President of a University, talking head on TV, head of a non profit. She should be okay.

[quote] the Democratic Party is done with her

I'm sure there is a place in a deep blue state for someone who can draw 75,000 people out to a speech - if she wants it. She has never worked in the private sector so I can't see her doing that, they don't need the money. She is very attractive and was very personable on SNL and Colbert so maybe she'll do something in Hollywood.

Maybe she can find a nice lifetime Congressional district and become the new Pelosi.

Would she want to commute 3,000 miles from CA to DC again? Nancy has a Joan Rivers type drive so she’d walk it before she’d quit. I don’t see that in Kamala.

[quote]How about acting? She's very pretty and has a banging bod!

Incidentally, they should make a sequel to GAME CHANGE, which was about the 2008 election from the Republican point of view, mainly that Sarah Palin was supposed to be this big game changer as vice president and McCain still lost to the juggernaut Obama.

Only this time, it will be about the 2024 election from the DNC perspective, about Kamala attempting to be a game changer and losing to the juggernaut Trump.

High-paying speaking gigs and consulting. Writing books.

She will have a much happier like than she would have in the White House.

They live in LA and have deep Hollywood connections... she would be offered a fortune to do her own podcast or sign a development deal.

[quote] Incidentally, they should make a sequel to GAME CHANGE, which was about the 2008 election from the Republican point of view, mainly that Sarah Palin was supposed to be this big game changer as vice president and McCain still lost to the juggernaut Obama.

A far more entertaining film would be about Harris and her early years and what she did to get ahead. Like an R rated version.

[quote] I just want her to flourish in privacy. She is a brave person and she did everything she could while standing up in front of the whole nation under a vile onslaught of slurs hurled by the worshippers of a senile felon.

Kamala Harris is smart, dedicated and brave. She more than rose to the occasion but as r35 noted, this is no longer America. The influences of social media, corrupt billionaires, free-flowing misinformation and a dumb, unprincipled electorate have eroded this country beyond recognition.

What r79;said

Put more innocent black men in jail.

Don’t let Viola Davis play her in a movie.

She’s going to be the next Duchess of Prussia, Rose.

Is this Nancy Pelosi's last hurrah or has she got 2 or 4 years ahead?

This is not America

Nancy Pelosi needs to sit in a quiet room and read the Bible.

[quote] Nancy has a Joan Rivers type drive so she’d walk it before she’d quit.

Translation, please. Also, black and Latino men don't like the idea of a black woman President. It's not personal.

Black men - 78% - they don't like the idea of a black woman President

White men - 36% - tumbleweed

Black men are not the problem.

Nancy Pelosi has a similar deal to the one Rose Kennedy had with Satan, just with the facelift option.

[quote] Black men are not the problem.

White men are not part of the Democratic base, Black men are. So it is a big deal when you experience deficits with members of your base.

Latino men are the problem. I want to ask - don’t you have a bad ass mother?

She's 60. Are you joking, saying that's young for politicians, OP? Or what?

Shit.