At the state party convention, there are worries about the prospect of a poor performance in Sen. Kamala Harris' home-state primary
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Confronted by an army of reporters after speaking before 5,000 cheering Democrats in her home state, Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a defiant response to recent media reports that her flagging campaign is crippled by internal disputes and on the ropes.
Harris’ loyal activist base, who call themselves the K-Hive, have lost none of the passion and intensity from those early days. They chanted her name this weekend, waved “Kamala Harris for the People” signs, and expressed anger and frustration at growing media reports of her political demise. “I don’t think she can last until California,’’ says Garry South, a veteran strategist who has advised Newsom and former presidential candidate Joe Lieberman. “I don’t wish her ill, but she’s got a decision to make: you limp in here and get killed in your home state, and it damages your reputation nationally. Or you pull out before the primary like Jerry Brown did in 1980 … and you at least avoid the spectacle of being decisively rejected.
“Of course she should get out..but who’s gonna tell her?’’ agreed one leading Democratic strategist, who declined to speak on the record. Harris has told California insiders she is determined to stay in the race through Iowa, said the strategist, who added the real concern was reports of team members who are apparently beginning to snipe at each other and lay blame anonymously in various media outlets.
Reminded that those well-worn campaign tropes are embraced mostly by candidates facing defeat, Newsom gamely insisted that the field remains fluid — but he also acknowledged the uncertainty of Harris’ path. “I like that she wants to give everyone health care, but she respects our unions,’’ Alvarez said. “She has the best plan...she cares about people.” Alvarez dismissed the polls in key early states like Iowa, saying they’d been blown out of proportion. “The [campaign volunteers] say it’s going great.’’
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