El Oso said:
But alas, Tulsi failed to make it out of the primaries when she ran for president, so no, she would not have done better because she didn't do better. Only one woman has ever secured her party nomination starting from the start line. Kamala got a head start, so to speak, and that didn't work either. And only Biden/Kamala has secured the win with a woman in the VP position. All other female VP tickets got trounced in the general election. And honestly, there haven't been too many of those tickets in the first place.
Don't compare the annointmdnt of Harris, who didn't have to win a primary, with someone who didn't win a past primary. Dems rallied around Harris because she was the only option, not because they wanted to.
Also many though Tulsi wasn't left enough. Tulsi is a borderline independent, and could never have United the zealots on the left with the main party. Harris was black and at one point, described as the most progressive Democrat in DC.
Democrats would likely never nominate a centrist, but if they did, someone like Tulsi might have a real shot.