Harris Relives Embarrassing Days in 107 Days Memoir
Kamala Harris has decided to unveil a part of her life she had kept under wraps for almost 12 months. In a move that left many confused, Simon & Schuster declared their intention to publish 107 Days, a self-written record of the notably short and high-stress 2024 presidential campaign of the prior vice president. The memoir is scheduled for a release on September 23.
To set the stage, Harris began her campaign for the United States Presidency hardly a year ago. For a span of 107 days, she traversed the nation campaigning for a future that never came to be. The campaign achieved the dubious honor of being the briefest modern presidential run. Harris describes it as an intense battle, filled with personal stakes for her and a select few supporters.
The hasty beginning of her presidential journey came surprisingly following President Joe Biden’s sudden exit from the contest in July 2024. The moment was made even more surreal when Biden extended his endorsement to Harris, she launched her campaign the very same day. In a barely manageable timeframe of three months, she developed a national campaign.
The former vice president then had what can only be described as an hyperbolic welcome at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Here, she once again crossed paths with Donald Trump in the form of a confrontational debate, only to lose the election eventually. As she admitted defeat from Howard University, her words echoed: ‘While I surrender this election, the fight that sparked this campaign remains unconquered.’
As Harris puts it, she was so disenchanted after her departure from office that it took her ‘months’ to gather the emotional strength to watch the news. In a display of hyperbole, she mentioned that she is just not into ‘self-mutilation’. She claims her upcoming book is a sneak peek into the backstage of a presidential run and outlines her unlikely daily ritual of hoping that she did everything humanly possible on that day.
As if reliving the ghosts of the past, Harris also reminisces about her official recognition of Trump’s victory as the vice president on January 6, 2025. The act, chillingly reminiscent of the infamous insurrection four years earlier, was harrowing for her. ‘It was a difficult day to be sure,’ she said, ‘It conjured a lot.’
Despite the adverse conditions surrounding Trump’s return, Harris claimed her astonishment with the system’s response. She seemed dissatisfied, citing it as a broken system. However, in her predictably defiant manner she stated, ‘But that doesn’t mean I’m giving up the fight.’
The former vice president also touched upon her decision to abstain from the Californian gubernatorial race. Although she recently made it clear that the 2026 gubernatorial run in California was off the table, she continued her close association with controversy, firmly stating that she wasn’t stepping away from the fight.
As an afterthought, she asserted to Colbert, ‘You can never let anybody take your power from you.’ A testament to her stubborn persistence or a plea to the vanishing crowd of followers, we may never know. In the unpredictable tides of politics, the effectiveness of such a memoir is yet to be seen.
Despite her enthusiastic portrayal of her campaign, critics have pointed out how quickly it fell apart. It’s notable that despite the support from Biden and an early start, Harris could not steer the campaign on the path to victory.
Many questions remain about the efficacy of her leadership and whether she truly did everything she could to win. By releasing her campaign memoir, it seems she is attempting to narratively reframe a series of failures as a triumphant struggle.
From endorsing a failed presidential campaign by Harris to his surprise withdrawal from the race, the actions of Biden also remain questionable. Harris’s memoir is a stark reflection of a time when leadership within the Democratic party seemed faltering and inconsistent.
In conclusion, Kamala Harris’s 107 Days may serve as a stark reminder of the chaotic and inconsistent approach within the Democratic party leadership. This memoir, unless it offers some astonishing insights, is more likely to highlight the flawed strategies during the 2024 campaign, rather than serving as the inspirational narrative its author intends it to be.