Kamalamentum

English Etymology en campaign :blend Kamala<id:Sanskrit name> momentum<id:physics> 1 1 1, after Q10853588 1. Noun - en US politics neologism rare A wave of enthusiasm for a (real or potential) presidential campaign of Kamala Harris. en igorbobic 243515616131166208 6 September 2012 30 July 2026 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/LvTWp KAMALAMENTUM 1 en GregJKrieg 875842044270440448 16 June 2017 30 July 2026 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/TVebG As my dear colleague @ericbradner notes here, it's now OK (as it'll ever be) to say Kamalamentum 2020 1 en Ron Dicker Stephen Colbert Casts Joe Biden In A New Role To 'Defeat The Dark Side' w:HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-joe-biden-joe-b-wan-kenobi_n_66a08998e4b08943f2a1894c https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260730150759/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-joe-biden-joe-b-wan-kenobi_n_66a08998e4b08943f2a1894c 30 July 2026 24 July 2024 Stephen Colbert on Tuesday reveled in the "Kamalamentum" after Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly secured enough delegate votes for the Democratic nomination while breaking donation records. 30 July 2026 w:Ross Douthat Kamala Harris and the Audacity of Desperation https://web.archive.org/web/20240821073723/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/27/opinion/kamala-harris-democrats.html 27 July 2024 What the Kamalamentum effort shares with that 2008 phenomenon is one of Barack Obama's favorite words: "audacity." en w:Ryan Lizza 'A Completely Different Campaign': How Kamala Harris Reopened the Electoral College Map w:Politico https://web.archive.org/web/20240821180021/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/17/doug-sosnik-q-a-kamala-harris-00174479 17 August 2024 As upbeat Democrats ride a wave of Kamalamentum into their convention in Chicago next week, a seasoned strategist explains how almost everything about the presidential race has changed over the last 30 days. w:Ben Mathis-Lilley For Kamalamentum, the Next Three Weeks Are Critical https://web.archive.org/web/20240822050742/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/kamala-harris-trump-polls-price-controls-economy-shovel.html 19 August 2024 Article title: For Kamalamentum, the Next Three Weeks Are Critical en sud_int Even as a Harris voter, I acknowledge that some of the nonsense coming out of that campaign was pretty desperate. https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/1kz9nrc/comment/mv3tsbo/ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/dFrdG 30 July 2026 stupidpol 30 May 2025 Sometimes, I reflect on that moment, reassuring myself "Couldn't have FDR without Al Smith failing first", but my god, our collective illusion of Kamalamentum was more humiliating than anything here that flopped before. en honestpollster 1948398167826776531 24 July 2025 30 July 2026 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/GinK9 True. But 18-29 women broke hard left. ¶ Especially after Dobbs and Kamalamentum. Coordinate terms en Joementum Trumpmentum Related terms en Kamalanomenon Kamalanomics en eponyms en Kamala Harris