{"id":2567588,"date":"2026-02-08T06:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-aims-to-prove-she-isnt-too-cringe-for-a-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:11:25","slug":"kamala-harris-aims-to-prove-she-isnt-too-cringe-for-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-aims-to-prove-she-isnt-too-cringe-for-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris aims to prove she isn&#8217;t too &#8216;cringe&#8217; for a comeback"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-aims-to-prove-she-isnt-too-cringe-for-a-comeback%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=2567588&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>Kamala Harris\u2019s team is trying to rebrand her image and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-goes-off-after-ramaswamy-defends-tiktok-during-the-debate-we-cant-trust-you\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley slams Ramaswamy for defending TikTok: &#039;You&#039;re not trustworthy&#039;\">reach younger voters<\/a> by relaunching her 2024 campaign social media as a Gen-Z<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-relaunch-of-kamala-hq-as-gen-z-content-hub-what-to-know\/\" title=\"... relaunch of &#039;Kamala HQ&#039; as Gen Z content hub: What to know\">\u2013led progressive content hub<\/a>, a move that drew both praise and ridicule. The article notes that her 2024 bid failed to win the popular vote and lost all battleground states,spending about $1 billion,and she had not won any democratic primary before being named Biden\u2019s running mate and,after Biden dropped out,the party\u2019s nominee. In the interim, there&#8217;s talk of rival Gov. Gavin Newsom and mixed polling: Harris leads Democratic primary voters in some surveys, while other indicators suggest donors and insiders remain wary. Her memoir, 107 Days, has sold well, and she appears intent on playing a constructive role in this year\u2019s midterms to rebuild influence, though many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >power brokers remain skeptical<\/a> of her viability for a future campaign. while Harris aims to rebound with new messaging and outreach, turning around long-standing perceptions will require more than memes and social-media stunts.  <\/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\">Kamala Harris aims to prove she isn&rsquo;t too &lsquo;cringe&rsquo; for a comeback<\/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_2497446\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>When former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4447694\/harris-relaunch-platoforms-gen-z-content-hub\/\">rebranded<\/a> her 2024 campaign social media accounts as a &ldquo;new Gen-Z led progressive content hub&rdquo; ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">midterm elections<\/a>, she attracted both cheerleaders and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/2019469024178946192\">scoffers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats hailed Harris for visionary outreach to younger voters in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-todd-upset-jan-6-investigation-not-going-as-planned\/\" title=\"Chuck Todd Upset Jan 6 Investigation Not Going as Planned\">crucial election year<\/a> with control of Congress on the line. Others mocked the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4448934\/kamala-hq-account-changes-x-username-after-backlash-over-67\/\">apparent reference to the 67 meme<\/a> in the account name, which was quickly abandoned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4446038\/putin-trump-visits-china-xi-favor\/\">Putin and Trump plan dueling visits to China in battle to gain Xi&#8217;s favor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4444086\/jill-biden-ex-husband-accused-murder-wife\/\">Jill Biden&#8217;s ex-husband William Stevenson charged with killing wife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4443298\/commodities-sell-off-continues-markets-after-warsh-fed-pick\/\">Commodities sell-off continues in markets following Warsh Fed pick<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;While some think it&rsquo;s&nbsp;cringe, others think it&rsquo;s smart,&rdquo; is how one reporter <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AudreyFahlberg\/status\/2019471979368071347\">put it<\/a> in what might be an apt description of the divide over Harris&rsquo;s whole political career.<\/p>\n<p>Harris lost the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">2024 presidential election<\/a>, paving the way for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s return to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>. On the one hand, she probably improved on former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s likely performance had he continued his reelection campaign, saving some down-ballot Democrats in tight races and losing the popular vote by just 1.5 points. Democrats were still able to pull out Senate contests in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada, while Harris came up short in those states.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Harris also received 6 million fewer votes than Biden did in 2020. She was the first Democratic presidential nominee to lose the popular vote in 20 years and only the second to do so since Michael Dukakis was defeated by George H.W. Bush in 1988. She lost all seven battleground states. Perhaps of greatest concern to Democratic donors, she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\">blew through $1 billion<\/a> in campaign cash.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has yet to win a single Democratic primary. She was granted the nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago when Biden dropped out after the primaries were over, facing no competition. She ended her first presidential campaign before the 2020 primaries even started, but was later tapped as Biden&rsquo;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, it looked like Harris might have been eclipsed by another ambitious Democrat from her home state, Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA), who has consistently found ways to needle and oppose Trump. Newsom and Harris have been seen as rivals in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all this, Harris is still standing. She leads among Democratic primary voters nationally by 5.8 points, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/elections\/president\/2028\/national\"><em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average<\/a>. A recent Harvard-Harris poll showed her beating Newsom by 9 points while Rasmussen Reports had her up by 14. The Republican polling firm Echelon Insights still has Newsom on top. Potential Harris challengers have yet to make much headway with black voters, an important primary constituency that helped seal Barack Obama&rsquo;s nomination in 2008 and rescue Biden&rsquo;s flagging campaign in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign memoir, <em>107 Days<\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/30\/harris-campaign-memoir-selling-fast-00587254\">sold well<\/a>. (The title, which references how long she had to run for president after Biden bowed out, is her main explanation for why she lost in 2024.) On her book tour, she attracted adoring crowds who often urged her to run again.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris social media relaunch suggests that she understands she needs to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4375353\/kamala-harris-2026-midterm-elections-presidential-hopes\/\">play a positive role<\/a> in helping Democrats win in this year&rsquo;s midterm elections. This will help rebuild confidence in her political skills among Democratic insiders and create a roster of Democrats who owe her politically when it comes time to seek endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>But it is still early. Harris&rsquo;s poll numbers are at least partly due to high name recognition compared to the other candidates. And a lot of Democrats still need convincing. &ldquo;Many Democratic powerbrokers in D.C. are done with Kamala Harris,&rdquo; <em>Axios <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/19\/kamala-harris-divide-democrats-2028\">reported<\/a> last month, seeing her as a reminder of Biden&rsquo;s failures. The outlet quoted a &ldquo;top Democrat&rdquo; as saying, &ldquo;Kamala hasn&rsquo;t accepted she&rsquo;s not running yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4444321\/bill-hillary-clinton-dates-testimony-house-oversight-committee\/\"><strong>CLINTONS DODGE CONTEMPT AND SET DATES TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats haven&rsquo;t dusted off and renominated a losing presidential standardbearer since Adlai Stevenson in 1956 (he lost a second time). Neither Al Gore nor Hillary Clinton tried again, despite winning the popular vote. When John Kerry made noises about another run after losing in 2004, there was little interest.<\/p>\n<p>It will take more than memes and TikTok reels for Harris to break this trend. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-2024-campaign-has-raised-over-72-million\/\" title=\"Joe Biden&#039;s 2024 campaign has amassed M+ in funds.\">previous presidential campaigns<\/a> have started strong and then <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3114949\/the-kamala-harris-boom-and-bust-cycle\/\">faltered<\/a>. But for now, Harris appears determined to try.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 aims a comeback, leans Gen-Z amid mixed reviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2567589,"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\/2026\/02\/AP25305861309329.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[73299,32438,36289],"class_list":["post-2567588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cringe-2","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-comeback"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25305861309329.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567588","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567592,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567588\/revisions\/2567592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}