Vice President Kamala Harris had a steadier 2023 as she and President Joe Bidenprepare for the 2024 election, but being a steady hand for the president is different from reasserting herself as his heir apparent before the next Democratic presidential primary.
Harris has been under a political microscope as the first woman and minority woman vice president, in addition to being Biden's apparent successor. But some of the instincts and tendencies that undermined her own presidential campaign in 2020 returned when she arrived at the White House.
Three years later, although she continues to be criticized, she has appeared to start looking past 2024 to 2028, and beyond, as she tries to differentiate herself from Biden while still supporting him.
