Stephen Colbert, whose ratings are dropping faster than Bidenâs approval numbers, probably wasnât ready for this one. In what was supposed to be a cozy, promotional puff piece for Kamala Harrisâs new bookâbecause of course she wrote a book after losing by a landslideâthings took a turn that even the canned laughter couldnât cover. When asked if she was eyeing another run for president in 2028, Harris gave an answer so bleak it made Eeyore sound like a motivational speaker.
No soaring rhetoric. No bold plans. Just a tepid, mopey lament about how the âsystem is broken.â Yes, the same âsystemâ that handed her the 2024 nomination on a silver platter after the DNC shoved Biden out of the way like yesterdayâs meatloaf. The same system she happily used to leapfrog over actual candidates with voter support. Now itâs broken?
Thatâs rich.
She wasnât talking about systemic reform or the erosion of trust in governmentâno, this was Kamalaâs way of quietly ghosting a political landscape that has pretty much ghosted her. And to do it on Colbertâs show, surrounded by a crowd trained to applaud on command, was just the icing on the stale, tasteless cake.
Colbert tried to gently nudge her back into the game. Maybe sheâd run for another office? Something else? Something smaller? Anything to keep this from turning into a political wake? Nope. She didnât even flinch. âI just⌠donât want to go back in the system,â she said, staring into the void like someone who just realized nobodyâs buying what sheâs selling anymore.
For someone who supposedly stood for âsaving democracy,â she sure abandoned the idea fast. Maybe itâs because her version of âsaving democracyâ involved burning the bridge to the Democratic base and bulldozing over the primary process to get what she wanted. And now that the voters responded with a collective ânah,â suddenly democracyâs too fragile to fight for?
Please.
Letâs rewind a bit. Kamala didnât just lose. She was obliterated. Weâre talking zero primary wins, a vanishing act in every major battleground state, and a popular vote defeat so massive you could almost hear the DNCâs emergency exit signs lighting up. She didnât fall shortâshe cratered. Now sheâs retreating under the pretense of principled disillusionment. Sure. Totally believable.
But the real kicker came when Colbert asked who should lead the party next. Youâd think someone with all this time to reflectâwho claims to still be âin the fightââmight have a name or two. Nope. She dodged harder than Hunter Biden at a deposition. âThere are lots of leaders,â she offered vaguely, before diving headfirst into a lukewarm word salad about collective responsibility.
Translation: sheâs got nothing. No plan. No vision. No names. No clue.
It was a masterclass in political non-answers. If youâre wondering whether anyone left in the Democratic Party has a spine or even a mildly coherent plan going forward, Harrisâs performance made one thing painfully clear: donât hold your breath.
Meanwhile, Colbert, who once pretended to be a satirical firebrand but now spends his evenings gently stroking Democrat egos, actually called her âvery qualifiedâ for the presidency. Thatâs a bold statement for someone who just admitted sheâs quitting because the system doesnât work. Isnât resilience sort of a baseline qualification for the top job? If youâre tapping out now, what exactly are you qualified for?
But hey, sheâs got a book to sell. â107 Days,â her firsthand account of the palace coup that shoved Biden out and briefly elevated her to a position she couldnât hold onto if her life depended on it. Itâs billed as her âunique perspectiveâ on saving democracyâwhich is hilarious coming from someone who helped tear it apart from the inside, only to now claim sheâs too disillusioned to try again.
Kamala Harris walked into the Colbert show to spin her loss as a noble retreat. Instead, she confirmed what most people already knew: thereâs no there there. And if this sad, slow fade is the best the Democrats can do, 2028 is going to be a long year for them.
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