Gabriel Debenedetti

National Correspondent at New York Magazine

National correspondent, @NYMag. Author, THE LONG ALLIANCE. [email protected]

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Kamala Harris Hasn't Ruled Out Running in 2028

Jan 23, 2025 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

On the final Friday of her vice-presidency, Kamala Harris partook in one last ritual. She looked disbelievingly as she walked into her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across the street from the White House, and saw a large group of her former staffers arrayed in front of her desk. She was there to sign its drawer, just as more than a dozen of her predecessors had done.
Brian Schatz Doesn't Know What Went Wrong

Nov 26, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

A few hours after Donald Trump was re-elected, Brian Schatz conducted an experiment. Upset, tired, and uncertain about what should come next, the Democratic senator from Hawaii pulled up ChatGPT and prompted it to produce an analysis of what had gone wrong for his party. Schatz, who is 52 and a few years into his third term, asked for a response in the voice of The Atlantic and free of opinions that might offend any particular groups of voters.
Brian Schatz Doesn’t Know What Went Wrong

Nov 26, 2024 | flipboard.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

12 hours agoTrump promises a 25 per cent tariff on products from Mexico, CanadaU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that on his first day in office he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10 per cent tariff on goods from China, citing concerns over illegal immigration and the trade of illicit drugs.
Who Will Fill the Democratic Vacuum?

Nov 11, 2024 | msn.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

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Who Will Fill the Democratic Vacuum?

Nov 11, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

So who leads the Democrats now? At one level, everyone from the distraught White House staffers to the furious governors to the scared swing-state city councilmembers knows it's a ridiculous question. It was in 2016 as well, when it became one of Washington's debates of the season. Then, as now, the answer is that opposition parties don't always need singular leaders.
Why the Kamala Harris Campaign Feels 'Nauseously Optimistic'

Nov 1, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

First, the West Wing actor Bradley Whitford put it on X. Not long after, New Hampshire congresswoman Annie Kuster was saying it. Soon, with October winding down, Tim Walz was using the phrase with party activists in Wisconsin, off-stage and away from microphones. By late this week, it was being whispered across Kamala Harris campaign headquarters in Delaware.
The Other Running Mate

Oct 27, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

Rallies of serious electoral consequence aren't usually held deep in a farm on Butter Road at 10 a.m. on a weekday. But last Thursday morning, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, a few hundred mostly older white voters gathered outside a barn covered in solar panels, clutching "Eagles Fans for Harris" signs, and swaying as they heard a parade of local Republicans reveal their support for Kamala Harris and their revulsion with Donald Trump.
'I Would Rather Be Kamala Harris Than I Would Donald Trump'

Oct 20, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

When Joe Biden's top political aides started setting up his campaign early last year, Jim Messina was one of their first calls. Messina, who managed Barack Obama's re-election campaign, had plenty of thoughts on building a machine to get a second term for an unpopular president with a bad economy. For a while he sought to be helpful with occasional advice from the outside, including when he tried reminding Democrats of Biden's (narrow) possible paths to victory.
The WhatsApp Campaign

Oct 15, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

When Tim Walz took a moment in his debate against J.D. Vance this month to quote scripture during an answer about immigration policy, some of Kamala Harris's staffers back in Wilmington saw an unexpected opportunity. While much of the campaign was focused on rapid response, this particular moment had another destiny.
'Too Close for Comfort'

Oct 14, 2024 | nymag.com | Gabriel Debenedetti

When Kamala Harris took over Joe Biden's ailing campaign this summer, she went looking for help. Donald Trump had a commanding lead in the polls, threatening to make competitive Democratic strongholds like Virginia, and she had barely 100 days to turn the race around. The vice president needed a senior operative independent of the president and his loyalists that stocked the top ranks of her campaign.

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