The vice president vacillated on how to talk about the economy, and ended up adopting marginal pro-business tweaks that both corporate and progressive allies agreed made for a muddled message.
The so-called "Nostradamus" of U.S. elections has admitted he was wrong after predicting Kamala Harris would win the keys to the White House this year.
While there were unfounded claims of cheating in battleground states on election night, the outcome has not been challenged by Democrats, with Vice President Kamala Harris delivering her concession speech on Wednesday. Nonetheless, claims about election ...
Plus, House Democrats’ balance-of-power hopes remain in limbo, and a few Election Day bright spots in this week’s 3-Minute Read from Jen Psaki.
Democrats were stunned at the magnitude of Harris' loss to Trump and pointed fingers at everything from immigration policy to Biden to the need to throw out the old guard.
Kamala Harris was a few battleground states away from being elected the nation’s first woman president, but she couldn’t overcome an unpopular incumbent president and a fed-up American electorate. Her supporters are reeling from a historic loss and a glass ceiling they feel is bolted down by centuries-old race and gender barriers.
Democrats’ recriminations started immediately, but Trump’s victory was decisive enough that there may have been little Kamala Harris could have done.
Harris and Trump have been neck and neck in polls in recent weeks. The two and their running mates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have ramped up their public appearances in the final days of the campaign, barnstorming battleground states and taking part in media blitzes.
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing increased scrutiny over her decision to name Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate after losing decisively to former President Trump.
Her friends, aides and political allies say it’s too soon for her to even contemplate her next career move. But the speculation has already begun.
When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic Party just over 100 days ago, it was the latest triumph in a political career that has been marked by both reversals of fortune and history-making breakthroughs.