Kamala Harris has a new book out. It is called 107 Days. It might sound like a travel planner, but it is her attempt to turn political failure into a personal triumph. She wants the country to believe that 107 days of a failed campaign are more important than the four years she spent as vice president. That alone says plenty.
Harris appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week to promote the book. She used the interview to announce she will not run for president again. Not because she lost badly or failed to connect with voters. Not because her campaign collapsed before most Americans realized she was even in the race. No, Harris says she is stepping away because the system is broken.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris moaned Thursday in an interview with soon-to-be-axed lefty talk show host Stephen Colbert that the American political system is “broken” and suggested she wouldn’t embark on a third White House run after her landslide loss to former President Donald Trump.
Harris, who announced Wednesday that she wouldn’t be running for California governor in 2026, was asked by “The Late Show” host — in her first post-election interview — if she was perhaps interested in a “different office.”
“No … it’s perhaps more basic than that,” Harris responded. – New York Post
Kamala Harris Took the Shortcut, Then Cried Foul
That is the fallback excuse for Democrats who cannot win. The institutions failed them. The voters disappointed them. The media was unfair. The rules were rigged. It is never their fault. Harris followed the formula down to the last page.
The 107 days in question refer to the short window between her replacing Joe Biden on the 2024 ticket and her crushing defeat in November. Biden dropped out, and party leaders chose Harris to replace him. She did not win a single primary or earn the nomination through voters. It was handed to her by the same system she now calls broken. She did not reject it. She took full advantage of it. That is the real story.
And then she lost in spectacular fashion. Now she wants credit for surviving the fallout.
Kamala Harris wrote a book called “107 Days”. Here is an excerpt: “My campaign was 107 days. A day is 24 hours. 7 days is a week. There are 365 days in a year. Okay? 12 months in a year. I ran for President for 3 months. Plus some more days. That’s a lot of days.” pic.twitter.com/Qm4z90J7gE
— Steve Byrne (@stevebyrnelive) July 31, 2025
Kamala Harris Claims Leadership Lessons in 107 Days
In interviews and press releases, Harris insists the book offers leadership lessons. She claims it contains insight, courage, and hard-won wisdom. In reality, it is a 272-page campaign ad for a job she just admitted she will not pursue again. She says she is done with national politics, but somehow still on a media tour to sell books about it.
Kamala Harris also said she wants to work behind the scenes. She mentioned helping the next generation but never said how. You know that book is going to be vague. Harris’s message is unclear. And none of this is new.
As vice president, Harris struggled to connect with voters. She avoided difficult assignments and stumbled through public events. Harris never defined her political identity. Her approval ratings tanked early and never recovered. Even when given a national spotlight, she failed to build momentum. She offered no bold ideas. She made no lasting impact.
Kamala Harris Did Not Earn the Nomination, She Was Handed It
Even The Washington Post acknowledged the obvious. Harris did not win a single primary and only became the nominee after Biden stepped aside. Voters had already passed on her in 2020, when she dropped out before the Iowa caucuses. In 2024, she entered late and lost decisively. Now she is trying to reframe those losses as something noble. She calls it stepping away. Most people would call it damage control.
Kamala Harris says the system is broken. But the real problem is her inability to read the room. She confused donor applause with public support. She mistook media flattery for voter enthusiasm. And probably believed her place in history was enough to carry her campaign.
It was not.
What exactly fills the pages of 107 Days?
Is it 107 pages of word salad, tossed in vinaigrette and served with a side of vague inspiration? Does she walk us through her brilliant decision to pick Tim Walz as her running mate—because nothing says energize the base like lukewarm oatmeal? Maybe there’s a chapter dedicated to her greatest hits in media, like the time she explained the Ukraine crisis by saying it’s a country “next to another country.” Or maybe it’s just a coloring book with inspirational quotes like “We did it, Joe,” printed in cursive. Honestly, if there’s insight in this memoir, it might be hiding behind a laugh track.
Kamala Harris did not lose because the system failed her. Voters saw through the branding. They listened to the speeches, watched the interviews, and gave her a chance. The media propped her up, but the public wasn’t convinced. In the end, they said no.
Now she is trying to sell that rejection as a thoughtful decision. She wants to be praised for not running again. She wants credit for bowing out gracefully, even though she had no path forward to begin with.
Not Governor, Not President, What Then?
Now that she is stepping away from politics, Kamala can finally join the parade of failed progressives starting a Substack. She could call it Unburdened with Kamala and fill it with vague reflections on leadership, equity, and whatever academic buzzword trends that week. She would write about courage without clarity and justice without detail. It would read like a diary entry from someone who sat through every meeting but never made a decision.
To round it out, she can launch a podcast called Word Salad, where each episode takes listeners on a gentle, meandering journey through topics like existence, empowerment, and moving forward in a moment of movement. There would be no substance, only soft music and self-importance. Every episode would serve as a reminder that Kamala Harris may have left politics, but she never left the stage.
If voters are tired of politicians turning failure into book deals, 107 Days is a reminder of exactly why. It is not honest. It is not insightful. And it is definitely not necessary.
Kamala Harris wants to step away from politics. That is fine. Voters already showed her the exit. No need to write it down.
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