{"id":2485134,"date":"2025-09-11T07:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-book-tour-clouds-democrats-2025-momentum\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:38:47","slug":"harris-book-tour-clouds-democrats-2025-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-book-tour-clouds-democrats-2025-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris book tour clouds Democrats&#8217; 2025 momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-book-tour-clouds-democrats-2025-momentum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the impact of former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s upcoming book, *107 Days*, on the Democratic Party&#8217;s momentum heading into 2025. The book, which features an excerpt published in *The Atlantic*, highlights Harris&#8217;s challenging 2024 presidential campaign, including tensions with President Joe Biden&#8217;s team and her quick campaign against then-President Donald Trump after Biden&#8217;s unexpected withdrawal from the race. While Democrats have recently celebrated special-election victories and maintain optimism for key 2025 gubernatorial races, Harris&#8217;s revelations about a lack of support from the Biden White House risk reopening painful debates from the 2024 campaign. Some Democratic strategists believe Harris faces important obstacles in seeking the 2028 nomination due to her &#8220;baggage&#8221; and that the party is eager for fresh leadership. Nonetheless, others argue that the electorate is more focused on current Republican opposition, particularly former President Trump, than on internal Democratic disputes. Harris&#8217;s book may <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prompt internal soul searching<\/a> within the Democratic Party but is unlikely to dominate voter priorities in upcoming elections. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris book tour clouds Democrats&rsquo; 2025 momentum<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2226258\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s eyebrow-raising book is <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">reigniting conversations about t<\/span>he chaotic 2024 presidential campaign season just as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;are securing several special-election wins before the marquee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2025-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gubernatorial races <\/a>in November.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/09\/kamala-harris-107-days-excerpt\/684150\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excerpt<\/a> of Harris&rsquo;s forthcoming book, <em>107 Days<\/em>, was published in the<em>&nbsp;Atlantic<\/em> on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after James Walkinshaw, a Democrat, won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roy-moores-defamation-victory-sends-a-message-about-the-actual-malice-standard\/\" title=\"Roy Moore\u2019s Defamation Victory Sends A Message About The \u2018Actual Malice\u2019 Standard\">special election contest<\/a> to succeed late&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia<\/a>&nbsp;Rep. Gerry Connolly in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3802051\/charlotte-stabbing-roy-cooper-crime-record-north-carolina-senate-race\/\">Roy Cooper&#8217;s &#8216;racial equity&#8217; task force under scrutiny after Charlotte rail stabbing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3801951\/house-oversight-dc-crime-bills-trump-federal-takeover-expires\/\">House Oversight takes up DC crime bills on day Trump&#8217;s federal takeover expires<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3801758\/adam-hollier-run-michigan-secretary-of-state\/\">Ex-Whitmer Cabinet member ends House bid to run for Michigan secretary of state<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3799638\/james-walkinshaw-wins-virginia-special-election-gerry-connolly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEMOCRAT JAMES WALKINSHAW WINS VIRGINIA SPECIAL ELECTION TO SUCCEED REP. GERRY CONNOLLY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The timing, although likely coincidental, illustrated the dilemma Democrats currently face. Shut out of control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, Democrats are seeking to rebuild their brand with the American electorate following a poor performance during the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Harris&rsquo;s book will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-protest-white-supremacy-after-black-man-arrested-for-attack-on-asian-man-in-san-francisco\/\" title=\"Activists Protest \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 After Black Man Arrested For Attack On Asian Man In San Francisco\">bring national attention<\/a> to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> surprise exit from the 2024 race and the 107-day sprint Harris faced against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris is facing a lot of obstacles on her way to the Democratic nomination in 2028. She has a lot of baggage,&rdquo; said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, who said he would not support the former vice president if she runs again in 2028. &ldquo;The reality is I think Democrats are looking for a fresh face.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have largely chosen to move forward from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> tenure and the fallout from his declining mental and physical capabilities while in office. They&rsquo;ve pointed to successes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3364845\/florida-special-elections-trump-wake-up-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pair of special elections<\/a> in Florida this year, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3367110\/liberal-susan-crawford-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judge Susan Crawford&rsquo;s win <\/a>in the April Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Democrats also touted flipping a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3359102\/democrat-flips-pennsylvania-state-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania state Senate district <\/a>that Trump won by double digits and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3783782\/catelin-drey-flip-iowa-state-senate-seat-supermajority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iowa state Senate district,<\/a> breaking the state&rsquo;s GOP supermajority.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia, Rep.-elect Walkinshaw won the race by 50% surpassing the 34% margin that Harris held in the district in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So far this year, as you all know, Democratic candidates have won or overperformed in 41 out of 42 key elections throughout this country,&rdquo; Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin boasted during a press call last week.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3798874\/democratic-candidates-maintain-leads-new-jersey-virginia-governor-races-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have the momentum heading<\/a> into the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia this November, as Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3790195\/virginia-governor-race-earle-sears-spanberger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger<\/a> lead their Republican challengers.<\/p>\n<p>But Harris&rsquo;s allegations that Biden and his White House team did not provide the support she needed, even though it would have benefited him, could force the party to retread the perilous 2024 campaign. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their thinking was zero-sum: If she&rsquo;s shining, he&rsquo;s dimmed. None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well,&rdquo; Harris wrote. &ldquo;That, given the concerns about his age, my visible success as his vice president was vital. It would serve as a testament to his judgment in choosing me and reassurance that if something happened, the country was in good hands. My success was important for him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kaivan&nbsp;Shroff, a 2024 delegate for Harris, said the former vice president has the right to tell the story of her campaign, as does Biden, who has conducted a few interviews and speeches since leaving office. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is an open debate in the party about whether we should be having these conversations, or we should sort of just be shutting them all down and focusing on uniting and winning,&rdquo; said Shroff. &ldquo;I think at the same time &hellip; the party does have soul searching to do.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Shroff claimed that Harris&rsquo;s alleged mistreatment is not &ldquo;surprising&rdquo; given the reporting of the difficult tasks Harris was given as vice president at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure the book has a lot more sort of harsh critiques, probably, of the realities of the Democratic Party, her experience,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And you know, she&rsquo;s going to try to totally reframe herself.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats were less concerned that Harris&rsquo;s new book, out on Sept. 23, will dominate the Democratic narrative heading into the 2026 midterm election campaign season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t really think the electorate gives two s***s about her book and whether it&rsquo;ll weigh on their decision-making,&rdquo; said Michael Ceraso, a Democratic strategist who has worked on several presidential campaigns. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Harris, from my perspective, is a reason why a Democrat won&rsquo;t vote in a special election, or won&rsquo;t vote for or against someone in Jersey and Virginia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ceraso said that during recent visits to both New Jersey and Virginia, not a single person brought up Harris. &ldquo;I think the general public is essentially saying: We&rsquo;re in Trumpworld right now. This is a Trump presidency. We are reacting to Trump,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats have long conceded that the party needs a new vision after voters soundly rejected their presidential ticket last fall, and internal squabbles about the party&rsquo;s future have spilled out into the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3800280\/harris-tense-relationship-biden-team-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HARRIS DEPICTS TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH BIDEN TEAM IN NEW BOOK: &lsquo;HIS TEAM DIDN&rsquo;T GET IT&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the new book is Harris&rsquo;s attempt to soft-launch another presidential campaign after declining to run in the California governor&rsquo;s race to succeed Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D), she&rsquo;ll face a tough time shaking off her history in the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s excerpt &ldquo;tells me she&rsquo;s trying to distance herself from Biden and present herself as a new face, but it&rsquo;s going to be very hard for her to do that,&rdquo; said Bannon. &ldquo;I think Democrats are looking for a new face, and that&rsquo;s why I think Gavin Newsom had such a big summer.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris book stirs 2024 talk amid Dems&#8217; 2025 momentum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2485135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kamala-Harris-.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[63093,34720,3685,4021],"class_list":["post-2485134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-2025-momentum","tag-book-tour","tag-democrats","tag-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kamala-Harris-.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485138,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485134\/revisions\/2485138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}