If Audie Cornish represents the mainstream of the liberal media, and Democrat thinking at large, a Kamala '28 presidential run would be about as welcome in those quarters as a bout of shingles.
On CNN This Morning, in a segment on Harris' announcement that she won't run for governor of California but will go around the country "listening" to people, Cornish said:
"Republicans would love for her to run again. And if you're on a listening tour, like, you were on a listening tour. It was called the election. And people said 'no.'"
Ouch!
Jasmine Wright of NOTUS said something perhaps even more devastating:
"I think a lot of people are asking, what more does she have to contribute? And I think, honestly, she may not know that herself, and she's hoping maybe to find that answer when she's on the road."
Kamala, you've been the Vice President of the United States, and you ran for President last year. If you still don't know what you have to contribute, and are hoping for other people to tell you, it's time to hang up the spurs.
CNN correspondent Betsy Klein tried to keep hope alive for Kamala:
"Let's just remember, she is only 60 years old. She has a lot of time. I think this decision gives her the space, the distance, to put 2024 and how bruising that was behind her."
So, we could be haunted by the Ghost of Harris for years to come? Say it ain't so, Betsy!
Check out the screencap, and the clip of Kamala starting at 1:45, apparently speaking at a recent event. We don't hear her, only see her, but she's still doing her cringe-inducing, manic-laughing shtick.
Note: The liberal media is giving what you might call the Buttigieg 2020 Boost to James Talarico, offering lots of screentime to the member of the Texas House of Representatives. Like Buttigieg was, Talarico's a young Democrat from a red state who speaks nicely. During the segment, and without any great relevance to the topic at hand, Cornish ran a clip of Talarico encouraging Democrats to embrace "being in the wilderness," since in his "faith tradition" [why are liberals reluctant to say "religion?"] , "the wilderness is a place where new ideas and new leaders come forth."
Moses-Talarico '28!
Here's the transcript.
CNN This Morning
7/31/25
6:53 am EDTAUDIE CORNISH: Kamala Harris answering speculation about her future. There's the news. She's not running for California governor next year. In a statement released Wednesday, she writes in part, quote, I look forward to getting back out and listening to the American people, helping elect Democrats across the nation and sharing more details in the months ahead about my own plans.
Democrats are questioning what those plans may be, especially when it comes to 2026 and 2028. One congressman from Texas reacted this way.
JAMES TALARICO: Well, you know, a lot of people are saying that the Democratic Party is in the wilderness. And in my faith tradition, and actually in most major faith traditions, the wilderness is a place where new ideas and new leaders come forth. And so I think we should embrace this time in the wilderness.
JASMINE WRIGHT: The Vice President took months, basically, to come to this decision. And last month in Los Angeles, she convened, basically, a summit of advisers. And they presented her with three options: that she run for governor, that she not run for governor and keep her options open for 2028 presidential election, or that she leave elected office altogether.
She chose the middle, not running and keeping her options open. Now, that does not mean that she has decided to run for 2028. Everybody is telling me, that I've talked to in the last 24 hours, is that she has not come to that conclusion, but she does want to go out there and listen to people, and listen to what they have to say.
Now, again, she has really avoided kind of doing this apology tour like some of her other Democratic colleagues, including her former running mate, Tim Walz, these last six months. She hasn't been out there as much. She hasn't been talking to people about what went wrong.
. . .
BETSY KLEIN: Let's just remember, she is only 60 years old. She has a lot of time. I think this decision gives her the space, the distance, to put 2024 and how bruising that was behind her. And also, like, the role of a California governor is not one that is going to keep her on a national career path. And so this kind of --
CORNISH: Don't tell that to Gavin Newsom. I think that's [laughs.]
. . .
The thing is, Republicans would love for her to run again. And if you're on a listening tour, like you were on a listening tour, it was called the election, and people said no.
WIGHT: Yeah. Yeah, so what is the motivation for staying in, for not choosing some other option?
CORNISH: What would someone have to say to her?
WRIGHT: Yeah. I mean, I think that, that's a really personal problem. I mean, really personal question.
If you cover Vice President Harris, as I have for years now, you know that she likes to take a lot of information in, and then ultimately make her decision. I think this is what happened now.
Yeah, but I think it's a fair question. I think a lot of people are asking, what more does she have to contribute? And I think, honestly, she may not know that herself, and she's hoping maybe to find that answer when she's on the road.