Review: 107 Days

107 Days by Kamala Harris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is Kamala Harris's point of view of her presidential candidacy.  

I will be starting with a bit of a rant, bear with me (and you've been warned).  When all is said and done, Joe Biden was a good president.  Yes, he did things I hated, things that were okay, things that were good, and things that I loved.  BUT.  His running for re-election tarnishes his record.  When he ran in 2020, he ran as a transitional candidate and I know I'm not the only one who assumed/thought he would be a one term president.  I was so disappointed when he announced he was running for re-election.  There was so much attention (rightfully so) about his age and abilities.  Which is so hypocritical of the media, because now that Trump is in office and is having very similar issues; both mentally AND physically, where is the attention/criticism of main stream media?   

Back on topic.  

I do wonder where we would be had Biden opted to not run and the Democratic party was able to have a "normal" primary season.  Maybe Harris would have been the nominee through that process and maybe not.  But, there still would have been state primaries, debates to decide.

I didn't realize the difficulties she had with Biden's team and the push back on her when she tried to do things.  The pressure to not tarnish his legacy.  It felt that some on Biden's team put his legacy above everything else.  She had pressure to not "dishonor" Biden and yet had to talk about things that he didn't do/should have done.  And the things she would do differently as a result.  There were moments when she was in his shadow.  And moments when she stepped out and stood in her own light.  

I liked the flow of the book; each chapter was a date and told the story of when Biden dropped out to the election's certification in Jan 2025.  Her thought process of picking a VP was enlightening.  The  why she didn't pick certain people (she thought Shapiro wanted to be in the room for every decision, Buttigieg was gay and was the US ready for a Black woman President and a gay VP?).  She got criticism for not going on Joe Rogen's podcast (spoiler alert- she tried and when she was available, he opted to sit down with Trump instead).  

I thought there could have been more self-reflection here.  To be sure, there is some reflection and if she could have a do-over, there are things she would have done differently.  

I will end this with this:

The definition of AUTHORITARIAN from the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

1. of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority

2. of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people

This is happening RIGHT NOW in the US.  VOTE in your local election on Tuesday Nov 4th.  VOTE like your life matters, because it DOES.  Let's PROTECT our country.  Let's PROTECT our First Amendment right to SPEECH.  Let's SPEAK UP for the people who can't.  Or won't.  Because at the end of the day, SOMEONE has to or there will not be ANYONE LEFT to speak up for YOU.  Do NOT let OTHERS silence YOUR voice.      

And remember this:  50.19% of the people voted for someone other than Trump.  He continuously talks about a "mandate."  49.81% of the vote SHOULD NOT be a mandate.  

And consider this:  Based on a multitude of articles I've read, Stephen Miller is the person pulling the strings on quite a few things.  Was he the one the people elected?

2026 is a big election year too.  It's Tuesday Nov 3, 2026.  Mark your calendars and VOTE.

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