Kamala Harris misses little and forgets even less. She has loyal supporters who have been part of her political organization from the start, and she has alienated people who were once as close as family. When the cameras aren't on, she has exhibited empathy and acts of kindness for people who could not help her, and some people who have known her well see her as cold and calculating...Mostly, she is her mother's daughter. People who work closely with her say hardly a week goes by that she doesn't recall some nugget of wisdom passed along by Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who died in 2009. The one she most often repeats publicly: 'You may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last.