In ‘107 Days,’ Kamala Harris Lays Out Her Regrets
In her book, coming out next week, she revisited her breakneck campaign, explaining her choices and outlining missteps — of hers and others. She hinted at a return to politics.
“I didn’t have enough time,” Kamala Harris wrote of her campaign against Donald J. Trump.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times
By Katie Rogers
Katie Rogers is a White House reporter who covered the vice presidency and presidential campaign of Kamala Harris. She reported from Los Angeles.
- Sept. 18, 2025
The title of Kamala Harris’s new book, “107 Days,” hits the reader on the head with a central argument about why she lost the presidential race to Donald Trump. “I didn’t have enough time,” she wrote.
Not enough time to craft a message that broke through to the economic concerns of Gen Z and Latino voters who helped sway the election in Mr. Trump’s favor. Not enough time — or, she wrote, enough help from President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his team — to combat a right-wing media apparatus that tore into her. Not enough time to warn Americans that Mr. Trump was serious about attacking democratic institutions, crushing dissent and unraveling delicate diplomatic bonds.
All the while, she was juggling a compressed campaign and trying to figure out how to counter Mr. Trump, an opponent who publicly attacked her in personal terms but praised her profusely in private. She should have done more to strategize against him, she wrote.
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Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent for The Times, reporting on President Trump.
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