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If you think that's baffling, take a look at Nate Silver's column:

https://www.natesilver.net/p/tim-walz-is-a-minnesota-nice-choice

I'm not sure if Nate is talking about the same Walz and Shapiro as the rest of us.

Dems in array!

I think that's a pretty simplistic take considering we just swapped our candidate less than 6 months before the election. I agree with the article's take that Walz has potential to unify the differing democratic coalitions, and don't see any evidence of your claim.

Walz’s elevation earns the left a big victory. Yet because Walz himself isn’t of the left, the pick seems intended to serve a unifying purpose: a candidate who appeals to all different stripes of Democrats for different reasons. The fact that Democrats across the political spectrum seem thrilled by the pick — with effusive support coming from people ranging from Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) — seems to validate the theory.

It’s important to be clear: The VP selection matters way less for elections than people think. It’s much more important to select a potential president than an optimal running mate.

But you can see why Harris sees picking Walz as smart politics. It allows her to simultaneously hand the left a win without necessarily tacking left — potentially keeping her coalition united even as she works to win over the general election’s decisive centrists.

I think its important to recognize the value this VP pick can bring, and I've not known vox to try to suggest something like that without reason.

Edit: I'm also going to add that your reply is a disingenuous attempt to falsely turn this into a binary unified or not unified condition, not that the article is making such a claim. I entirely reject your statement.

People had a week to draft one for each VP candidate being vetted.

Like Carter’s obituary - write it now so you can publish it early.

They are preloaded and ready to go. They probably have other articles in the can for the other names that were being considered as well.

It might also surprise you to know that major news networks pre-tape celebrity obituaries just in case that person dies.

Walz has been known to be on the shortlist for at least a week, probably longer. They probably had articles like this in the pipeline for all the likely candidates.

The best one I found is this opening from cnn:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hadn’t been in the top tier of potential running mates for Kamala Harris until the past few weeks.

No shit!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/politics/math-behind-harris-walz-vp-pick/index.html

The campaign worked with news outlets and let them write the articles, under what's often called an embargo. Basically, in exchange for holding the story until it's announced, the journalists can write the story ahead of time.

Source: dated a girl who worked in PR and a girl who was in media relations for a large company

Why is that even a concern? Frankly, they should be pushing for legislation that disqualifies senior citizens anyway and he'll be almost 70 when his turn comes around. Just retire, guys. You've earned it.

Well now that depends: Would being in the VP chair help mould him into someone who can rise to the challenge?

Who knows!

For now let's not worry about that. Seriously. Trump bad. Beat first. Big unga bunga, big stick, big smack. Don't let go of that question, just file it away for a bit.

Gooood morning USA, I got a feeling like it's gonna be a wonderful day.

Honest question, who outside of PA wanted Shapiro? I've heard even PA people say it wasn't a good choice. Not sure if I'm just out of the loop though.