Kamala Harris is certainly not lacking in self-confidence. Not even a crushing defeat in the 2024 presidential election—which featured a defeat in the popular vote, a squashing in the electoral vote, and a clean sweep loss of the seven swing states—is going to dampen her spirits.
The New York Times gave the former vice president a glowing tribute by way of an interview in which Harris is only increasing speculation of another run at the White House by declaring she "isn't ready to be written off" just yet.
More on that in a minute. What is truly remarkable here is that despite the aforementioned embarrassing loss (even as she usurped Joe Biden without so much as a single primary vote backing her, and a fully-armed media apparatus serving as an arm of the DNC to take down President Trump), Kamala has an incredibly inflated sense of self-worth on the historical and political scenes.
"Her place in history is already secure, and she knows it," the Times writes.
That becomes quite clear through Kamala's own words, in which she notes that while everybody is wondering what she'll do in 2028, she already recognizes herself as a "historic figure."
“I understand the focus on ’28 and all that,” she told the Times. “But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any vice president of the United States ever was.”
Kamala Harris to the New York Times:
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 9, 2025
"There will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any Vice President of the United States ever was." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/EQWLjgnlQO
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Even beyond that, Ms. Harris seems quite confident that the crowds on her book tour indicate that throngs of people are clamoring to see her. Desperate for her to re-enter the fight. Hoping beyond hope to catch a glimpse or to hear just one tidbit of wisdom from her.
“Thousands of people are coming to hear my voice. Thousands and thousands,” she bragged. “Every place we’ve gone has been sold out.”
But it's more than just what Harris sees on the book tour. It's more than just knowing she will be immortalized as a marble bust. The Times reports on several indicators that she is gearing up for another White House run.
Behind the scenes, Ms. Harris has been re-engaging.
Her team has formed a political action committee called Fight for the People, and she has reached a deal with the Democratic National Committee to pay roughly $7 million for her email list, two people briefed on the arrangement said. A first payment has been made. She plans to ramp up her political activity in 2026.
And, according to the report, the former Veep has reached out to extremist Democrat politicians such as New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and moderates alike. She's trying to reassert herself as the party's leader.
Perhaps the most significant indicator yet of a planned run is Kamala's insistence that her loss to Trump in the previous contest was due to a lack of time to run her campaign. An argument she makes in the very title of her book, "107 Days."
When asked what she would tell herself on day one of her soft coup over Biden, the response was, "Get more days."
The assumption is that voter turnout was down for Kamala because she didn't have enough time to make her case to the American people. That theory, of course, that she would have won if only there were a better turnout, has been debunked by David Shor, a Democrat data scientist and political consultant renowned for analyzing political polls.
"For a long time, Democrats have said, and it’s been true, that if everyone votes, we win, and that higher turnout is good for Democrats. But this is the first cycle where that definitively became the opposite," Shor said. "If everyone had voted, Trump would have won the popular vote by nearly five points."
That's what she believes. The American people rejected her because they didn't see her enough.
The New York Times gives Kamala Harris another flashy reset. Two bylines. https://t.co/gHq7oIea68 pic.twitter.com/OtjXjDEBkV
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 9, 2025
Harris and her perpetual word salads and cringey cackles weren't inspiring anyone—especially younger voters. And if polls are to be believed now, that hasn't changed much.
The Yale Youth Poll, just released, shows that in a hypothetical 2028 presidential primary, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) is beating Harris by double digits across the board among voters aged 18 to 35. Overall, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) leads Harris by seven points.
If the New York Times' glowing coverage of Harris is any indication, however, the media will continue to prop her up as the candidate of choice in 2028. And that is excellent news for the Republican Party.
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