If you were Kamala Harris, who would you choose to be your VP

[grumbler]

I just saw Shapiro's speech in Philadelphia.  The guy is a fantastic speaker.

And the resemblance of his voice to Obama's can be disconcerting.

[grumbler]

Presumably their votes are still being contested, so having someone that appeals to them is better than not.

I can't tell you why Walz would be more (or less) effective than Biden, though.

Walz is far closer to being one of them than any candidate in recent memory.  For a lot of them, coaching a high school football team to a state championship is more impressive than getting a law degree.

[crazy canuck]

Presumably their votes are still being contested, so having someone that appeals to them is better than not.

I can't tell you why Walz would be more (or less) effective than Biden, though.

Walz is far closer to being one of them than any candidate in recent memory.  For a lot of them, coaching a high school football team to a state championship is more impressive than getting a law degree.

I also think so to be honest.

[Josquius]

Sounds like it could make for some fun snippets if he can draw out trump/vance into a sports related talk when they seem like they may not even know the basic rules of American football.

[Valmy]

And we did to some extent, that was the key to his popularity to the extent he was popular. He had a long career associated with third-way policies working against him though.

Did we?  I'm not aware of any polls showing movement of high school educated males moving to the blue column.  I am aware of polls showing senior citizens defecting from Trump because of his dysfunctional handling of covid.

I worry that Democrats tell themselves if they support unions and raising the minimum wage this will equate to "fighting for the working man."  The blue collar guys I know aren't crazy about unions, often see them unfairly pampered competitors, and aren't affected by the minimum wage.

Oh so if we really want to help working people we should work to suppress wages? Is that what these blue collar guys want?

[Admiral Yi]

Oh so if we really want to help working people we should work to suppress wages? Is that what these blue collar guys want?

My hunch is this is not the only other option.

[Valmy]

Oh so if we really want to help working people we should work to suppress wages? Is that what these blue collar guys want?

My hunch is this is not the only other option.

Mine is to, hence why I asked 

[Savonarola]

When I was young they once had a "Wizard of Oz" convention the Amway Grand Plaza Convention Center; apparently the organizers thought that Judy Garland was from Grand Rapids, Michigan rather than Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (For those outside the United States, that's not that uncommon of a mistake.  Michigan's abbreviation is MI while Minnesota is MN.)

On that subject, I just came across a brief bio of jazz bassist Ron Carter, which listed his birthplace as Ferndale, Mississippi; rather than Ferndale, Michigan (MS vs. MI.)