How Big a Role Will Kamala Harris Get to Play?

As Ms. Harris joins the Democratic ticket, the question now is how much power she will wield over the campaign and in office.

In 1984, days after Geraldine Ferraro accepted the nomination for vice president at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Walter Mondale and his campaign team called a planning meeting. There were flip charts and calendars and detailed itineraries.

Read Alisha Haridasani Gupta's full article in the New York Times 'In Her Words' column

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