Kamala Harris does not want to be governor of California, which has a whole lot of contenders (and some voters) doing a happy dance.
But with her announcement last week that she is bowing out of a race she never officially entered, Harris has ignited a flurry of speculation that she’s warming up for another run at the White House in 2028.
Whether you like Harris or not, a possible run by the XX chromosome former vice president raises a perennial conundrum: Can a woman win the presidency?
“This question is legitimate,” Nadia Brown told me.
She’s a professor of government and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University. She says that post-election, Democrats can’t figure out who they are or what they stand for. In that disarray, it may seem easy and safe i