Written off for 2024 election? Kamala fights to stay in fray

Washington: President Joe Biden has mistakenly referred to her more than once in recent weeks as “President Harris”.

- Chidanand.Rajghatta

By going by political commentariat in the US, vice-president Kamala Harris’ political star is fading rapidly, to the extent that she’s being written out of the 2024 election, even as a vice-presidential candidate. Some pundits have gone to the extent of suggesting that Democrats should persuade Hillary Clinton to run again, as Biden’s running mate if not top of the ticket, in order to galvanise the party.

Responding to alarming accounts that her political fortunes are in the decline, Harris is rejigging her team and reorienting her messaging in what one report said was an effort to “boost her public image and reset her political prospects, after a first year in office that even some of her allies say has fallen short of expectations”. From hiring a new communications head to making more high-profile appearances with the president, Harris is on a mission to resurrect a career that was briefly expected to culminate in the Oval Office but has since faltered.