Kamala Harris’ post-election moment was so raw and unfiltered that even her closest allies struggled to soften it. After her loss to President-elect Donald Trump, the noise around her campaign split sharply into two camps: those insisting that Joe Biden’s late withdrawal sabotaged her chances, and those arguing that this excuse was nothing more than denial packaged as political analysis. But according to several former staffers, the truth was far less flattering — they say the campaign misread the political terrain from the very beginning. Yes, Harris entered the race late. But her team behaved as if the country had simply been waiting for her to show up. They approached her candidacy like an extension of an already-established Democratic machine rather than a fresh campaign requiring a fresh plan. When the polling tightened and momentum began slipping away, the internal search for someone to blame kicked in. Yet for the people who actually worked inside the operation, the idea that Biden’s timing was the reason for the loss felt “detached from reality.”…….CONTINUE READING IN BELOW