That willl certainly be the Republicans’ line of attack for Kamala Harris’s running mate
You’d think, having spent several years in Canada as a high-school student, that Kamala Harris would know better. Know better than to say at a Philadelphia rally on Tuesday, while introducing running mate Tim Walz , that “only in America ” could people from humble origins like the two of them reach the very top.
She smartly made a big deal of the 60-year-old Mr. Walz’s background as a high-school football coach. There is nothing leftish or wokeish about a football coach; a guy on the gridiron is imagery that connects. Democrats should refer to him as Coach Walz throughout the campaign. He looks the part too, though his features are also a tad like those of Senator Bernie Sanders, the big-time lefty who is one of his strong supporters.
In fact, as a congressman from 2006 to 2018, Mr. Walz – a gun-owning, Army National Guard veteran – had a rather moderate record. But since becoming Governor in 2019, he’s been a big-spending liberal, giving right-side critics a target with policies favouring background checks for gun owners, climate crisis controls, recreational marijuana use, abortion rights and expanded school-lunch programs.
It’s a good question, however, whether they still were pleased after witnessing Coach Walz’s opening act performance on the Philadelphia stage. He delivered a tour de force, a barnburner that could have motivated any team. His oratory combined blowtorch put-downs with Midwestern, down-home charm. It’s a Doug Ford type of appeal, far afield of elitism, and one with blue-collar reach.
Hillary Clinton chose Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as a running mate in 2016. He was a bore and a bust. By comparison with Ms. Harris, Ms. Clinton was wooden. She’d been around so long she was shopworn. Ms. Harris, by contrast, has not been very visible in her four years as Vice-President. There is no Kamala fatigue. Thus far, she is fresh and compelling.
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