This is CBS Island the World. I'm John Batchel. It is November, 1962, Los Angeles. The Beverly Hilton,

a recently defeated gubernatorial candidate, Richard Nixon, walks in front of the gathered press corps

and makes a remark that still with us and explains a deal

about what comes next for Vice President Harris.

Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution writing very carefully about the future for the vice

president who does very well in the polling, I understand. Bill,

a very good evening to you. What did Richard Nixon say, and why is it helpful to understand

that moment and Kamala Harris's future? Good evening to you. Good evening, John. So what Richard

Nixon said back in November of 1962 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was, keep in mind, a defeated, Nixon a deflated Nixon, a bunch of reporters he didn't care for because he was treated quite roughly in that governor's race, as he generally was by the media throughout his political career. He famously says he won't have Nixon to kick around anymore. And then he leaves the stage, gets in the car, and goes off. And I think he at the time as well,

that's it for Richard Nixon. Even though he is not quite 50 years old, he has plateaued. He has lost

the presidency, 1960. Now he's lost the governorship in California in 1962, and he is Dunser.

But history tells us a different story, John. He actually has a comeback. He runs in 1968. He becomes

America's 37th president. We mentioned this because Kamala Harris, sitting in Los Angeles,

is in a similar situation to Richard Nixon right now. She has lost the presidency, and there is

an opportunity for her to run for Governor in California. If she so chooses, it looks like a very

easy run, John. We can get the poll here in a second if she so chooses. It looks like a very easy run, John.

We can get to the poll here in a second if you want to.

It's a different race of the one Nixon faced in 1962 because she would be running for an open seat.

Gavin Newsomis term limited, whereas Nixon was running against an incumbent Pat Brown, Jerry Brown's father.

It's there for the taking if she wants.

So the question is, John, does she want to?

But then what I also raised in the article is the question of,

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