according to this: http://w3.gwis.com/~ajmani/lakshmi.html
When Vishnu appeared as Vamana, Parasurama, Rama, Krishna, she [Lakshmi] appeared as Padma or Kamala, Dharani, Sita and Rukmini. She [Lakshmi] is as inseparable from Vishnu as speech from meaning or knowledge from intellect, or good deeds from righteousness.
Thats what i'm going by...
sanatansociety.org
i am not allowed to post links. probably doesn't matter anyway. i just think that if kamala is kali, then it means that the goddesses of death and rama/vishnu, who refers to himself as being in charge of recycling, helped to escort sati, their child, back into the matrix, which means that she could be some form of avatar, or the next "savior" maybe. maybe not.