We’ve speculated on why the Kamala Harris campaign didn’t pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. Shapiro would seem to be the smart political choice if they wanted to appeal to the center and if they wanted to improve their chances in Pennsylvania, a state that they absolutely must have to have any chance.
This, Harris’ first big decision, seems to be an incredibly bad one, in picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who has a ton of baggage, which reminds everyone of how far left both he and Harris are. Reality about that baggage is now likely to start sinking in and kill what was left of her “honeymoon pass.”
If there was any logic to it, it’s that being left and selecting far left trumps everything else. The leftists were pushing for Walz and dinging Shapiro. The Democrats likely already had Minnesota, and Walz isn’t exceedingly popular there, so the choice wouldn’t…
