Just like I didn’t start out hoping for Kamala Harris as the candidate I wasn’t rooting for Tim Walz as the running mate—I hadn’t even heard of him until late in the veepstakes. Before the selection I had concluded that Josh Shapiro would be the best choice.
I’ve always considered that the most important thing about the selection of a running mate is what it signals about how the candidate makes decisions and what they value. In picking Walz, Harris has shown that she recognizes and values someone who’s not busy trying to make a name for themselves. (A sharp contrast to both Trump and Vance.)
Like Harris, I quickly discovered that I really appreciate where Walz is coming from and the more I hear Republican attacks on Walz the more I think, “in his 60 years—including 20 in public office—that’s how you have to stretch to attack him? Sounds pretty good to me!”
