Obama was an avatar of hope. Harris has to be an avatar of give-'em-hell

Kamala Harris could break a monumental barrier. But that's far less important than her potential to take the Democrats across the finish line.

Objectively, it is an amazing progression in a short window of time. In 2008, Barack Obama, a Democrat, became the nation’s first Black president. Sixteen years later, Kamala Harris is poised to become the first Black woman chosen by the party to be its candidate for president. But much has changed in 16 years. The defining significance of Obama’s historic candidacy, its brand, was hope.

All of her past missteps and public struggles to convey a core ideology, as vice president and before that in her failed 2020 presidential campaign effort, may be forgiven if she leads with an obligation to punch back. That it would be a Black woman punching back will be that much more satisfying. Trump is a racist who holds Black women in contempt, especially those who have dared to criticize or hold him accountable — Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, U.S. Rep.

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