This is a thoughtful and intimate look at the short presidential run of Kamala Harris in 2024. The chapters are numbered by how many days are left to the election, so it serves as a countdown to the end of the contest. I really enjoyed reading about Kamala's experience and perspective during the run, although it was exhausting just reading about the frenetic activity involved in her presidential contest, including the travel, speaking engagements, policy discussions, and interviews, all while still serving as vice president. I am sympathetic to her perceived slights by the Biden team; she was in a difficult position and they didn't always make it easier. She never really had a chance to sell her vision to the American people, and I believe Joe should never have tried to run for a second term, in spite of everything that he accomplished during his first. This book is well written and has short, snappy chapters that keeps the narrative moving. As an inside look at a presidential run, it works to unveil the mechanisms that keep a campaign moving forward without going into the level of detail that would make it tedious. It's clear that Kamala would have been an exceptional leader, and it's all to0 tragic in comparison with our current president.
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