Overview

• Kamala Harris says she regrets not pressing Joe Biden to step aside sooner, calling aspects of the 2024 decision-making 'recklessness' and applying that term to herself.
• Her book details why Pete Buttigieg was her first choice for running mate but deemed 'too risky' in a ticket with a Black woman and a gay man, a rationale Buttigieg publicly rejected as he urged giving voters 'more credit' and said they never discussed such risks.
• Democratic strategists and operatives criticized the memoir as divisive and unhelpful to party unity, with David Axelrod saying the rollout did not function as a political relaunch.
• Harris sharply assesses Biden’s age and campaign judgment and writes that his public remarks on Gaza lacked empathy for Palestinian civilians, positions she reiterated in interviews.
• The book includes granular notes from frantic July 2024 outreach—quoting Bill Clinton and Jim Clyburn and recounting Gavin Newsom not calling back—while Harris says another presidential run is 'not my focus right now.'