The Walz VP Pick

The news of yesterday was that Kamala Harris has chosen Jim Walz as her VP candidate. I am a Shapiro fan and thought that would be the best pick, but I’m growing to like Walz a lot. I am far from a political strategist, but it seems that the idea here is to choose someone who can relate to the parts of the country that Kamala does not as well.

Simply put, he’s from the Midwest and speaks like someone from there. He is a veteran who was a former school teacher and football coach. He is wildly different than the prosecutor from the Bay Area, and I’d imagine the hope is that he can help win the Midwest for the Democrats.

So far so good from what I’m seeing from Kamal and Walz. Their rallies and speeches have been electric and they do a good job balancing attacks on Trump/Vance with humor. It’s a night and day difference from the Biden era.

So far we’ve seen Kamala’s team really lean into social media and speak to the younger generation. A month ago, I had thought that the election was all but wrapped up for Trump and the Republicans, but things have gotten a lot more interesting.

It’s still a long ways to go and I want to hear more from Kamal and Walz before I get too excited. But I have hope again which is all we can ask for.