Kamala Harris he doesn’t think about the future yet. The wound of defeat is still too fresh to allow her to look ahead with clarity. Hypothesizing the path she will take, friends and advisors report, is premature but the vice president could have various options to choose from once the time is ripe. The possibility of him remaining in politics is the remotest. At the moment, even thinking about his re-nomination in the 2028 elections appears to be a mirage, considering the ease with which Donald Trump he won. But four years in politics is an eternity, and Harris has access to a vast network of donors who, if the president-elect’s tenure is chaotic, could perhaps still support her as she tries to realize her dream of breaking the glass ceiling. Harris is unlikely – reports the New York Times – to decide to run for the Senate again: the two senators who will represent California they have just been elected and are unlikely to leave anytime soon. In her state Harris could aspire to become governor, taking up the legacy of Gavin Newsom should he decide, as has been rumored for some time, to take the field in 2028.
The governor of California, the Democrat Gavin Newsom leads the dem “resistance” to Trump and could run for the White House in 4 years, leaving Kamala Harris to run for governor of California (@web)
Among the institutional positions there are those who dream that Joe Biden you nominate her to Supreme Court before his farewell to the White House. An unrealizable hypothesis given that the Democrats would first have to convince the judge Sonya Sotomayor to leave and then press on the accelerator to confirm Harris before January 20th. The hypotheses that, at the moment, are the most accredited among his allies are the private sector, even in the role of lobbyist, or his entry into a think tank where he would have the possibility of pursuing his causes without the restrictions imposed by the role as Biden’s vice president.
The Supreme Court Building of the United States of America (WikipediaCommons)
Harris could also opt to write a book, in the wake of what he has done Hillary Clinton in 2016 after her defeat against Donald Trump. What appears certain is that the vice president, having spent these last 70 days in the White House, will take time for herself and to reflect on her next moves between walks and food not consumed on the plane. Shortly before the vote, on October 27 to be precise, Harris had in fact made it clear that among his post-election plans there would be “gaining a few pounds”. “They’re wearing me out,” she joked, unaware of what awaited her just a few days later.
In the check balance system undermined by Donald Trump’s landslide victory, Governors can be an important resource for the future of the Democrats
Dem governors organize resistance to Trump
Meanwhile, the governors are leading the resistance to Trump: on the day after the vote, while recriminations tear the Democratic Party apart, Gavin Newsom in California and JB Pritzker in Illinois they raised the barricades by calling special sessions of state legislatures to “defend the fundamental values and rights” of their constituents from the assaults of the second Trump presidency. Newsom and Pritzker are among the emerging names on a list of possible candidates being circulated to offer the disheartened and disillusioned Democratic base a vision of hope for a post-Trump future. With a White House and Senate firmly in Republican hands, the House of Representatives in the balance and a Supreme Court already tilted to the right, Democratic governors of influential states remain the donkey party’s last lever of power in the ‘checks system and balances’ created by the constitution to defend democracy.
JB Pritzker, Democratic governor of Illinois, together with Gavin Newsom, governor of California, will lead the governors’ “resistance” to Trump (@web)
THE governors had emerged as an anti-Trump force as early as 2017. Newsom and the billionaire Pritzker (heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune who yesterday challenged Trump to “pass over his body”) had distinguished themselves as standard-bearers for the party and were already considered potential presidential candidates. They are now joined as potential rivals to J.D. Vance in 2028 Gretchen Withmer in the swing state of Michigan, Josh Shapiro of newly red Pennsylvania, Andy Beshear of historically red Kentucky and the first African American elected governor in Maryland, Wes Moore. Trump will in fact be a president with a maximum horizon of 4 years ahead of him: according to the constitution, his second term will also be his last. Much was said about Newsom, 57, a wealthy family member, during the debate on Joe Biden’s age and health which in July led to the withdrawal of the president’s candidacy, when however it was too late to organize the primaries. On his part, the governor of California has the charisma and appearance of Kennedy. He argues against coming from a solidly Dem state, having been mayor of liberal San Francisco and, yesskeleton in the closet, the marriage between 2001 and 2006 with Kimberly Guilfoyle, the current partner of Trump’s son, Donald jr.
The emerging people who could run for president in 2028 are the Governors Gavin Newsom in California and J.B. Pritzker in Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer in the ‘swing’ state of Michigan, Josh Shapiro of the neo-red Pennsylvania, Andy Beshear of the historically red Kentucky, the first African American elected governor in Maryland, Wes Moore and the minority leader in Congress Hakeem Jeffries
Large, populous states like California will play a particular role in resisting Trump. Emergency plans in the event of the Republican’s re-election – the New York Times has learned – had already been developed a year ago in Sacramento: “the freedoms we hold dear are under attack and we will not stand by and watch”, said Newsom . With over 39 million inhabitants and a GDP of over 3,000 billion dollars, its state would rank among the top five global economies if it were an independent nation, capable, by virtue of this, of influencing the markets and directing national policies: in the four years of the first Trump presidency, the Golden State sued the administration more than 120 times and predictably other Dem-led states will join the effort to in light of the immense federal powers that the Republicans could accumulate from January if, as mentioned, they conquer the House of Representatives in addition to the Senate and the White House. In this light the speaker of the chamber (or the minority leader) Hakeem Jeffries he will be another standard-bearer of the resistance to the Tycoon: “we will hold the line if he threatens democracy”, the African American promised to a group of donors.
Hakeem Jeffries has replaced Nancy Pelosi as speaker of Congress, he will be one of the Dems’ points of reference in Congress (@web)
