There is a torrid of discontent among the democrats

California is not a consolation prize for losing the presidency, and a Kamala Harris run for governor isn’t going to inspire an electorate that is fed up with the Democratic Party’s staid-and-afraid status quo.

- Robin Epley, Tribune News Service

That being said, if Harris is going to run for governor of California — good God, get on with it already. The former Vice President recently set an unofficial deadline to announce by “the end of summer" — but wasn't specific about a particular date. (What exactly is the “end of summer,” anyway? The last 100-degree day? The last pitch of an MLB game? When they stop serving Aperol spritzes at Ella?) But these “will she or won't she” games belong to a homecoming queen race, not a gubernatorial one.

“I could make all sorts of arguments for her and why she should and could do any number of other things,” Brian Brokaw, a Democratic political consultant who served as the manager for Harris’ successful campaigns for California Attorney General and for Senate. “(But) if there's one thing I know about her, it's that she doesn't care what the rest of us think. She is going to make up her own mind.” Fair point. But I’m pretty sure running for political office means you have to care a teeny tiny bit about what other people think of you.