Kamala Harris Truly Was Historically Terrible

I remember padding lazily downstairs to the breakfast table in November 2004, the day after an election in which John Kerry was temporarily declared president by the major television networks (via comically flawed early exit polling) before George W. Bush was ultimately reelected with a popular-vote majority. I sat down with my bacon and eggs and noticed my mom’s fierce facial expression as she hunched over her copy of the Washington Post, taking repeated quick-fire sips from a giant mug of coffee as she contemplated the aftermath. She looked up at me, with a mischievous smile, and said: “After a ...