Crazy indeed. I hope to be seeing her a lot.

than in her entire campaign. I'm glad she can focus on the upcoming impeachment trial but I'll be bitter about this for a while.

She deserved better. I didn't post yesterday because my replies to some of the BS I saw posted here would have gotten me in trouble. She was by far in the top tier that could take trump down, but she was also the target of smears, and lies. I am sure trump is happy as hell she is gone, he feared her more than anyone else.

I’m an anti-corruption voter. We need more anti-corruption candidates on the ballot, not fewer. This exit hurts.

but she was always in the top two or three. Still, I've been very angry today that we no longer have her in the race especially when so many less well-qualified people are still in the arena.

can hope

Link to tweet

so sad.

It's interesting. It's like she was almost making the sale, but just missing, with a lot of us. I am sorry she didn't have more time to have the chance to do so. I am not unhappy to see the number of candidates decrease. We'll see her again.

She knows what’s at stake. I believe that factored in her decision processes too.

Get’m Kamala!!

She was absolutely on fire after that.

She blew it because she couldn’t sustain the momentum.

The cheap shot killed her campaign.

a year ago, I was thinking Harris, Beto, Booker and even Castro would make a real run. I thought a young candidate could transform our party agian. Obama, Clinton- even Carter were under 54. I really thought this was the cycle that an invigorating, youthful face would shine and the generational contrast to Trump would stark on a debate stage. It was not to be.

But, sadly, there are also a lot of people telling us to STFU.

This is so that she can become a VP. Let;s face it, be it Biden, Sanders, or Warren, they need someone like her. Yes there are two levels to that, one great (a fighter, as smart person), but also the fact is they will need a woman and a POC to show what the GOP cannot bring, especially if Trump maanmges to dump pence and put in Nikki Haley.

I thought Kamala had a lot of good ideas, but she had limited name recognition outside of California and that history as a prosecutor.

And don't diss that, it's important. When you talk about "young black activists" you're talking about the very people who are going to be very, very suspicious of someone who was a cop -- because yes, prosecutors and firemen and EMT's and a number of other folks you don't normally think about are in fact cops. She could be the most progressive damn prosecutor in the country -- and by some accounts she was -- and she would have to overcome that with the people who live in certain neighborhoods, who might be primarily AA but aren't entirely so. I worried about her chances because of that from the day she entered the race.

And I think part of the reason she had trouble defining herself is that in her best moments she actually defined herself as a prosecutor -- the sharp-witted questioner who made Kavanaugh cry, for example. But that's exactly who she couldn't be for a lot of those people she needed to win over most, who either had been or knew people who had been mistreated by the cops, lied to by the cops, or coerced into taking a record and prison term in a plea deal because a prosecutor made it clear their case was hopeless even if they really were innocent. It may be hard to imagine from middle class suburbia just how many people in some communities know someone something like that happened to. I only lived in such a neighborhood for five years myself, and I'm white, and it was thirty years ago, but it colors my perception to this day. To think it won't color the perception of a lot of voters Kamala needed would be very foolish.

It is very much to her credit that she saw the writing on the wall. She would make a fine AG, a much more productive post for her than VP should she take it, but she would be even more effective just returning to the Senate and letting her seniority there accumulate. She is young -- a trait that did recommend her highly over some of her competitors -- and she has a long future awaiting her.

A winning combination

I think Biden would be more apt to pick a southern African American... Abrams or Gillum. Win either of those states and game over.

Yet winners and losers are already being decided.

I think her exit is a win for white supremacy and ultimately a major loss for us all. I agree that she will continue to be a force, and I think she will continue to have a positive impact on politics in whatever role she decides to take on.

and she isn't gaining support...at some point one will remain and the others will be gone...let it go. And vote blue no matter who. Let's not have a repeat of 16. Trump must go.

Hopefully, you're on other sites campaigning just as hard to ensure that voter enthusiasm continues to drop.

because he is a man but because he can win the states we need and send Trump packing. We desperately need to save the courts. I hope Ginsberg can hang on. Trump is a monster and we must get him out. He has literally caused the death of children; he is turning our military into mercenaries for Saudi Arabia...he has done this in our name...You are all mad that somehow this is my fault or Biden supporters fault...but it isn't. The fact is a primary is to pick a candidate who can win a general...nothing more.t is a contest...one will win and the others will lose. I will vote for any candidate who wins the nomination. I do not support Warren in the primary but she has my vote in a general. As for voter enthusiasm...well that is nonsense...that is a thinly veiled threat that if some don't get their way, they will sabotage the election as they did last time. I believe the progressive movement is dead if Trump wins. So maybe we should all put aside our rather minor differences to get rid of Trump

Especially when the field is as large as it was, including the involvement of novelty candidates who are simply quirky or uber-wealthy but have no business running. People aren't inclined to bother distinguishing between 20+ people they've never heard of, and the media gets focused on the wrong things.

Also, starting with IA and NH has always been stupid. We start with 2 states that don't remotely reflect our electorate and it has a major impact on how people campaign. It's absurd.

When he doesn't have a script to follow, Biden is lost. That wouldn't be a good look on a debate stage with Trump. Fortunately, I doubt Biden will be the nominee.

other candidates...I did once after the first debate and regretted it. I I certainly never go on any social media and trash Democrats ...never. So save your insults...I have seen countless anti-Biden posts too...I don't care who wins the presidency as long as it is a Democratic.

I'm a Charlie Pierce fan too.

And if that makes you sad (about her seat), how about the sound of "Senator Adam Schiff"?

Watching people I thought were allies dismiss racism and sexism as elements in this, pointing to Obama as "proof" that discrimination is
no longer a factor in our party, claiming a virtually all-white candidate slate is no big deal and telling those of us who have a problem with it to get over it, and falling back on the Republicans old favorite "MLK said we should be judged by the content of our character so we shouldn't be talking about race" dodge is what I'd expect from the FOX crowd, not a group of progressive Democrats.

How disappointing.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Amen.

Stay strong, StarfishSaver, you are a warrior. I love your posts.

being trotted out here today too.

Very disappointing.

But, wanting to come to my beloved DU for comfort, then seeing some of these posts, I am almost in tears.

I've been through several primary seasons on DU and I know how ugly it can get. I had hoped we'd learned something from 2016, but no.

Of all the candidates to back out, I wouldn’t have expected Harris.

term. That would have put Kamala on the inside track for 2024.

that there was something actually smart about getting out once it was apparent it was unlikely you would win the nomination. It makes a person look more rational to me and less selfserving. Beto, Swallwell, now Harris.

I liked her and Amy Klobuchar in the Kavanaugh hearings.

She was right up there at the top for me. I think she would have been an exciting candidate.

I have read and rec’d today. Thanks DU for helping to keep me and others informed.

He has so many great points. I was not in the Harris camp but DO NOT like how this “elimination” went down. Nope. Not at all.

The race will be poorer for her not being in it