Overview

• The memoir, released last week, recounts her 107‑day 2024 campaign and includes critiques of Joe Biden’s reelection bid as “reckless,” portrays Josh Shapiro as overly ambitious, and says Pete Buttigieg “would have been an ideal candidate — if I were a straight white man.”
• The Washington Post editorial board panned the tour as a distraction, liberal commentators faulted the timing and tone, and Buttigieg publicly pushed back, saying Americans are more open‑minded than Harris suggested.
• Polling cited by analysts shows her favorability at -13 in September, down from -5 before the election, and early 2028 primary surveys have her trailing Gavin Newsom by double digits, with AP‑NORC also finding weak views of the Democratic Party overall.
• Harris told the Wall Street Journal she still considers herself a party leader and declined to rule out a future run, while acknowledging in interviews that voters wanted clearer differences between her and Biden.
• Republicans and conservative media have ridiculed the tour, with Vice President JD Vance deriding her message in a Fox News interview.