Could Kamala Harris be making Her-story

Vice President Kamala Harris Harris will hope she has done the hard work to earn her full party's backing in the midst of the political crisis.- Reuters

For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the US presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback.

Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president in the nation's history, the 59-year-old Democrat long struggled with approval ratings as bad or worse than President Joe Biden's.