Harris’ Exit Preserves Viability as a Potential Vice President
- Move staves off embarrassing defeat in home-state California
- Harris could bring diversity to Biden or Sanders ticket
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Kamala Harris’s decision to end her sinking White House campaign on Tuesday is an attempt by the California senator long seen as a rising Democratic star to preserve her future prospects, including as a potential vice president.
“Getting out now actually preserves a lot of her strength as a vice-presidential candidate,” said Democratic strategist Max Burns. “The last thing she wanted to do was come in sixth or seventh place in Iowa and then worst-case scenario, go on to South Carolina and finish second or third there.”