Monday’s CBS Mornings interview of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) was unsurprisingly a shallow conversation intended to promote the governor and her book True Gretch, as well as give her a chance to prattle on about the apparently numerous positive expectations surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Co-host Vladimir Duthiers began by fan-girling about Whitmer’s accomplishments and her book, weirdly declaring his excitement about the governor’s “leather and lipstick” outfit on the cover picture and exclaiming, “I love that. It’s your armor.”
Duthiers followed up with a question about Whitmer’s potential as a vice presidential pick for the Democratic ballot: “So, let me ask you. You are seen as a potential vice presidential pick even though you’re co-chairing her campaign. This is a yes or no question–have you been asked by the campaign to provide…