Harris says she isn't running for Governor because the system is broken.

The system is broken and she doesn't want back in?

Apparently she went on Steven Colbert and told him that she basically is broken, the system is broken, and two brokens do not make a candidate. This seems as if her issues are more fundamental than just not wanting to run for office. She seems soured on the concept of governing or being back inside a system that is broken.

She instead wants to be "part of the fight" without the transactional idea of give me your vote. She gives the doom and gloom of how despondent and sad everyone is, which is just her own view around the circle jerk she lives in, and how it is important for her to be available to listen and let people know that "they" have the power... ahem.

What she really wants is sympathy. That seems painfully obvious.

The problem for Harris, is that she (like most politicians) has no real interest in really going out and learning what people who didn't vote for her think. She has no interest in why she lost, only an interest in being told that her losing was a bad thing. She wants an adoring audience who claps when she speaks no matter what, rather than question her... and she want's someone like Colbert who will slobber over her and worship at her feet, rather than ask her any tough questions.

Is she closing the door on a Presidential run? Maybe or maybe not. I doubt there will be much of a groundswell for a two time loser to be placed at the top of the ticket again. If she did run, I would I give her one or two debates in an open primary before she is back to being one of the afterthoughts, just as she was in 2020. She is simply a bad candidate and I would have almost no confidence in her being a good President.