he is from the Midwest (Minnesota) where Kamala's ethnicity might not play wellOriginally Posted by kewlJ
I really don't "get" that pick.Originally Posted by Half Smokejust as I predicted - Kamala chose WalzOriginally Posted by Half Smoke
a very safe piece of white bread
.What does Walz bring to the ticket? VP picks generally add little, but if anything maybe a small bump in their home state if they are popular. Paul Ryan lost not only his home state but also his own district when Romney picked him. That really shows how little it usually matters. So any thought that Walz is going to help in neighboring Wisconsin (like I have heard this morning) seems a stretch to me.
I guess I have to concede that Shapiro being Jewish played a role. There was apparently some pushback by certain parts of the party. Not sure if it was specifically him being Jewish or his very strong support for Israel or even his not having much tolerance for the Israeli War protests, which are all sort of tied together, but certainly as a whole was a factor.
If you were not going to go with Shapiro looking for even a small 1% bump in Pa (which could be the difference), my second pick would have been Kelly. I just don't see what Walz adds. he literally is the generic White guy.
it is obviously an attempt to shore up support among the more conservative in the Dem party who are most comfortable with white Christian males
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