By

Ed Kilgore,

political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015

If you’re looking for a clear diagnosis of why Kamala Harris lost in 2024, don’t look to the DNC report.

Complaints among Democratic activists and influencers over the DNC’s decision to abort its 2024 “autopsy report” was based on a craving for two things: (1) a clear “who done it” assessment of blame for Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump, and (2) a clear path forward for the party, in terms of its left-or-center ideological direction and its message to voters.