Excerpts from former Vice President Kamala Harris’s quasi-confessional new book, released Wednesday, seem to beg the question: Is this the message of someone planning to run again for president?

Harris, who lost her 107-day campaign against Donald Trump last fall, has already announced she won’t run next year for California governor to replace Gavin Newsom. But another run for president in 2028 after a slim but dramatic loss to Trump? Still uncertain.

“It seems like she is edging away from running for president, step by step,” said Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at UC Berkeley and USC. “This type of positioning looks more like playing for history instead.”

Harris’ most ardent supporters, who have stood by her since her first, short-lived run for president in 2019, feel

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