Kamala Hits The South Bus Tour, Still Uncertain If She’s Running Or Just Touring

KEY POINTS

•Kamala Harris toured New Orleans, Jackson, and Memphis last week, drawing enthusiastic crowds and receiving standing ovations.
•Top Democrats remain skeptical of her potential 2028 run, citing concerns about her association with Joe Biden and limited appeal outside Black voters and women.
•Her book tour will continue through seven southern cities next month, emphasizing the importance of engaging Southern Black voters for the Democratic nomination.

In a headline-grabbing southern bus tour from New Orleans to Memphis last week, Kamala Harris packed auditoriums of enthusiastic mostly Black crowds and loyal white women, defying Washington's political doom-and-gloom squad. Despite top Democrats whispering 'Kayla hasn't accepted she’s not running yet,' Harris, still basking in the glow of being the first Black woman vice president, got standing ovations and a dramatic mayoral bow. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom made a podcast slip-up about ICE that sounds worse than it was—because what’s a 2028 campaign without some media gymnastics? Harris also chalked up pre-Trump policies to nostalgia land, telling Memphians not to romanticize how things once were, as she prepares a book tour blitz across 7 southern cities next month. So, like a soap opera on wheels, the 2028 Democratic drama rolls on.