The Kamala Harris hits keep a'comin

"I'm going to win -- with you or without you."➕ Y tu, Cory Booker❓

I thought my ingestion of undisclosed Kamala Harris anecdotes had been capped until the New Year but Tucker Carlson’s interview with Teamsters president Sean O’Brien uncorked another kernel of the candidate’s undue caution and carelessness. O’Brien says that during the union’s roundtable interview with the vice president, Harris’ team only wanted her to answer three of the 16 questions posed to all candidates and that a handler cut their interview 20 minutes before the time allotted. “And her declaration on the way out was, ‘I’m going to win, with you or without you,’ O’Brien claims, clearly irritated by the assertion. “She thought that or said it out loud?,” Carlson asked. “She said it out loud,” O’Brien said. “That’s insane … That’s crazy behavior actually… You’re describing a way a rich person would talk to the housekeeper,” Carlson replied. Harris was the first Democrat *not* to be endorsed by the Teamsters union in 52 years and (spoiler) she did not go on to win…without them.

As Harris deliberates a revival of her political career through a California gubernatorial run in 2026 or a slow-walk back into the presidential fray for 2028, you should be aware that, *the *worst *is *yet *to *come … meaning that the deep excavation of Harris’ unsuccessful campaign has only just grazed the surface. There will be a reprieve during the first quarter of 2025 when the political world’s attention is glazed over Trump 2.0. But Harris’ next run — whether it be for governor or president — won’t be without a feverish Democratic primary full of candidates with access to former HarrisHQ staffers who witnessed many things, and some of whom will be motivated to dish in order to serve rival candidates. In other words, expect a trove of more vivid revelations about Harris’ weaknesses and shortcomings the closer she gets to her decision. I’m skeptical Harris will be able to explain away the incoming sufficiently enough to make her the front-runner to lead America’s most populous state, but hey, Mitt Romney did manage to sneak a Senate seat despite being at odds with the leader of his party.

Speaking of 2028 … Cory Booker y tu? Politico’s Jonathan Martin told The Chuck