Not too long ago, well before Kamala Harris made her pick for running mate, I spoke with someone in the media who told me Tim Walz was their “dark horse” candidate. I knew very little about him, to be honest, and did some digging.
The surface-level stuff – his handling of COVID-19, the policies he supported, etc. – made it seem like a long shot. Surely, I figured, Harris would not go with someone so far to the left, someone who is just as likely (if not more likely) to alienate blue-collar workers in the Midwest as he is to attract him.
Harris herself is not going to be strong with those voters, and they are the ones who the Democratic Party needs to reach out to. It’s why I think J.D. Vance was a smarter pick for Trump than some people initially thought.
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As I mentioned there:
Vance’s point is that…
