# 107 Days (Kamala's campaign diary) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [October 8, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783 "2025-10-08T14:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/21 "2025-10-09T11:17:05Z")
I’m #130 in line but it is a huge library system. 65 copies in use. I should be up to borrow one in a month or so. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/22 "2025-10-09T11:42:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > > [@chappachula](#): > > > > I’ve never understood why 107 days wasn’t enough, and everybody thinks that if only she had more time, she would have won. > > I don’t think there’s ever really a situation where she wins. If Biden says by say June 2023 that he’s not running, we get a full primary. I don’t see her winning that primary. If he drops a week after that debate, perhaps there’s enough time for a short primary and again, don’t see her winning. The only reason I kept hearing as to why she had to be the candidate had something to do with campaign finance law and access to what Biden had on hand. And of course in the end she blew over a billion dollars to see the entire country move somewhat more to the right. IMHO there were scenarios where she could have won. The timing of when Biden decided to not run / drop out, as you both say, doesn’t figure into those scenarios. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/23 "2025-10-09T13:41:55Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > I’ve never understood why 107 days wasn’t enough, and everybody thinks that if only she had more time, she would have won. If anything, 107 days might have been about five or six weeks too long. All that seemed to happen between late September and Election Day was Trump-Vance gaining ground. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/24 "2025-10-09T14:01:59Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > … Shapiro was over-qualified (ie, ambitious) … I think he’d have been a MUCH better choice for VP (Walz was pretty much a dud). If he wasn’t chosen because “ambitious”, that’s on her - a selfish decision. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/25 "2025-10-09T16:54:00Z")
> [@3AxisCtrl](#): > > (Walz was pretty much a dud) Weirdly\*\*, for about a month or so, Walz had a lot of juice. He could have been over-exposed, though – it seemed like, after a time, the campaign was forcing the idea that Walz was a “_difference maker!_”. \*\* _No pun intended_. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/26 "2025-10-09T17:39:56Z")
I haven’t read the book, but my impression is that Shapiro wanted a promise to be considered a “co-President”, which does seem like a pretty big ask. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/27 "2025-10-09T18:01:15Z")
Yes, that’s exactly what she said. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/28 "2025-10-09T21:33:26Z")
If Shapiro actually tried to extract a promise he’d be “co-President”, I’d say she was fully justified in rejecting him. But it’s hard to picture a savvy politician - which he is - saying something that out of line. I find it more likely he wanted a promise to be treated as a prominent, “front & center” member of her administration, and that she interpreted this as overly ambitious. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/29 "2025-10-09T22:32:50Z")
There’s also that thing with Shapiro where he quashed the investigation into a friend of his whose wife killed herself by _stabbing herself in the back of the head ten times_ while the husband was home. If Shapiro wants to be a serious candidate, he’s going to have to come up with an explanation for his part in that. > **[Death of Ellen Greenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ellen_Greenberg)** > > Ellen Rae Greenberg (June 23, 1983 – January 26, 2011) was an American woman who died after sustaining 20 stab wounds. Her death was officially ruled a suicide despite the 20 stab wounds (10 to her back and neck) and 11 bruises, sparking extensive debate as to whether the cause of death was actually homicide. The mysterious circumstances surrounding the manner of death have prompted significant political activity, legal action, and global media coverage. > Ellen Rae Greenberg was born on June ... ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/30 "2025-10-09T22:50:19Z")
The talk about forming a team of co-presidents between Harris and Shapiro brings to mind the 1980 Republican convention. Ronald Reagan considered asking Gerald Ford to be his running mate on a “dream team”, where they would serve as co-presidents. They couldn’t agree since Reagan didn’t want to give up so much, and of course Reagan would go on to beat Carter without Ford. > **[When Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford Considered a Co-Presidency in 1980](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25085/reagan-and-ford-considered-co-presidency-1980)** > > One of the most fascinating "What if?" scenarios in U.S. political history occurred during the 1980 presidential election, when Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford considered a co-presidency. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/31 "2025-10-10T00:55:46Z")
> [@3AxisCtrl](#): > > If Shapiro actually tried to extract a promise he’d be “co-President”, I’d say she was fully justified in rejecting him. But it’s hard to picture a savvy politician - which he is - saying something that out of line. > > I find it more likely he wanted a promise to be treated as a prominent, “front & center” member of her administration, and that she interpreted this as overly ambitious. Now I kind of want to believe that he asked if she’d treat him the way she would’ve wanted Biden to treat her… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783/32 "2026-07-28T04:34:10Z")
Replying to myself: I did read it, and the main thing I took away from it was that her grand-nieces are her favorite people in the whole wide world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/107-days-kamalas-campaign-diary/1023783.md?page=1)