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No one, maybe Kamala Harris, she knows for sure if she really wants to become a president. The tour to advertise her new book did not solve this mystery, but she reminded the country because most Americans did not want her to the White House.

On Monday, Harris gave her first big interview since she left the post at the predictably favorable MSNBC. And yet, even on friendly territory, the former vice president seemed to feel uncomfortable and inaccurate.

Rachel Mantou pushed her to say if she supported New York Mayor Zohran Mandani. “He is the Democratic candidate and should be supported,” Harris monotonously replied, before adding: “I support the Democratic in the race, of course.” Not so bold attitude for someone who was once considered the leader of the Democratic Party. Why not approve him openly or at least clear why he hesitates?

Mantou also asked her about her decision to substantially reject the then Minister of Transport, Pitt Boutngez, as a candidate for Vice -President because she is gay. Harris responded with hesitation, saying that “maybe” was too careful. “I am very honest for that, with great regret and the fact that it might have been a risk,” he said.

The book tour again led her to one of the lower points of her short pre -election career: her interview with ABC’s “The View”. Last year, when they asked her what she would have done differently from Joe Biden, she had answered: “Nothing comes to mind.” Returning to the show on Tuesday, he repeated the phrase as a joke, showing an almost impressive lack of self -awareness: “I had not realized how much people wanted to see that there was a difference between me and President Biden.”

Is Harris a brilliant political mind that just “complies” in front of the cameras? Unfortunately, not even the time she devotes to organize her thoughts in writing helps. In fact, almost every page of her book, 107 Days, offers a glaring reminder of why she failed.

Much of the book is an attempt to “clarify accounts” that is below an aspiring president, the kind of minority for which Democrats rightly accuse Donald Trump. Harris expresses her annoyance towards Joe and Jill Biden for the former president’s decision to be a candidate again, but she never pressured him to retire, nor privately, as he writes, “it was as if they were hypnotized.” Her criticism extends to both partners and potential co -candidates for the Vice -President. Even her husband is reprimanded because she had not arranged a “suitable” birthday celebration while she was on the road to support her election campaign.

A politician who has been and is likely to be a candidate again for the Presidency would have to have a better sense of how leadership should be expressed at the presidential level, even through memoirs of vigorous personal character instead of, Harris creates the image of a “excellent student” that is a “excellent student”.

The best thing that can be said about the return of Harris to the forefront is that it is happening now. Democrats have a real chance of victory in 2028, but they will not have time to waste it to someone like the former vice president.