‘Political suicide’: Will any Democrat dare to challenge Kamala Harris?

Vice President Kamala Harris has moved swiftly to attract Democratic delegates to her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside and gave her his endorsement on Sunday.

The president’s seismic decision to suspend his reelection campaign, prompted by long-running concerns about his health, fired the starting pistol on the race to find the Democratic candidate to replace him on top of the ticket.

In the hours after Biden’s announcement, Harris seized the initiative, saying she would accept his endorsement and fight to beat Donald Trump.

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination. Over the past year, I have traveled across the country, talking with Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election. And that is what I will continue to do in the days and weeks ahead,” she said in a statement.

“I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”

Prominent Democratic lawmakers, party leaders and public figures have already quickly lined up behind Harris.

But, her nomination is not a done deal – and so it is possible that other Democrats will challenge her for the party’s ticket.

So far, no one has announced that they will run against her for the Democratic nomination.

And insiders have said that it would be “political suicide” to do so.

On Sunday, CBS News’ Margaret Brennan said that she had heard from sources: “Anyone, I was told, looking to challenge her would be committing political suicide to try to go head-to-head after Joe Biden had been so key in making it very clear, just within minutes of announcing he was not going to seek