Joe Battenfeld: Kamala Harris teasing a comeback with AOC as VP

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald on Feb 11, 2026

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A Kamala Harris-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidential ticket is gaining some traction among desperate Democrats but it could be the best case scenario for Republicans in 2028.

Harris – trounced by Donald Trump in 2024 – is not ruling out another run and teasing a comeback, aided by the fact that few other viable contenders are emerging from the pack of presidential wannabes.

Republicans reeling from Trump voter regret are likely to nominate Vice President JD Vance – and a Harris-Vance matchup is probably the best the GOP can hope for to keep the White House.

Is that really the best the Democrats can offer – a 2024 loser retread and a far left New York congresswoman with no executive experience?

What about Michelle Wu? The Boston mayor is coming off her unopposed 2025 re-election and continues to raise her national profile.

Wu would be a refreshing new alternative to AOC as a running mate, and would even probably be better than Harris at the top of the ticket.

If you’re going to put someone from heavily Democratic New York on the ticket, you might as well go to deep blue Massachusetts and end up with a better candidate.

Wu has proven herself in the national spotlight, and continues to pull stunts like declaring Boston-owned property off limits to ICE, and posting photos of herself with Bad Bunny, playing to her far left base.

Democrats may have short-term memory loss and forget what a disastrous candidate Harris and running mate Tim Walz were in 2024, but a fresh face as VP could make people overlook that abysmal, consultant-driven campaign.

Wu, who has been fawned over by liberal media, would come to the ticket with no such baggage.

And it would be yet another historic run, a black woman at the top of the ticket with an Asian woman second in command.

Harris can call her campaign The Redemption Tour, focusing on appealing to former Trump voters who are thinking of abandoning ship.

Harris and Wu would continue and broaden the party’s outreach to white suburban women, which has been a backbone for Democrats since the election.

Wu in fact would likely overshadow Harris and is a much more skilled campaigner than the former vice president. Just don’t mention the poor job she did at clearing the streets of snow.

Harris is already signaling that she isn’t done with her political career, doing interviews on her book tour and teasing a potential comeback this week online targeting Gen Z voters who deserted the party in 2024.

The reboot did not exactly get rave reviews, with critics noting it was a phony attempt at generating positive buzz about a Harris comeback.