Why do Atlas Dems keep talking about Kamala Harris as a potential candidate?

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The fact that she is (half-) African-American could really help her in primaries among blacks, and the fact that she is female could also help in the primaries. Ideologically, I think she could thread the needle between the "establishment" represented by Obama (given that Clinton will likely be discredited and unpopular) and the Sandersites. And with her California connections she could probably raise a ton of money.

So I think she makes a ton of sense on paper, just like Atlas's favorite 2016 Republican candidate, Marco Rubio. Doesn't mean she'll win, of course. But without a Clinton-type prohibitive favorite, and with Sanders and Warren probably being too old, she's currently my pick to win the 2020 nom.