I agree. That’s been my feeling from the start. Whomever she chooses, she will have my vote, but Shapiro has been an effective Gov here, and I would hate to lose him.
For some reason I can’t define, I find myself liking Walz. Not just as a politician. As a person. I like him. I like how he talks, the way he presents himself, his background, everything. If I knew him personally, I think I would like him. It’s just a feeling. That’s as good a reason to support someone as anything.
And that bulging vein in Kelly’s shaved head creeps me out, though I suppose I could get used to it.
I don’t know. He doesn’t come across as a very ambitious, climbing the ladder guy.
From what I’ve heard and read senate was his goal. His strength is people, helping, serving, problem solving. Senator gets him the community involvement he wants with less time campaigning. DC is close enough to where he lives that he can commute easily.
Thanks for making that clear @iiandyiiii - so, if I understand correctly, despite concerns that Shapiro may be seen as more supportive of Israel, all the candidates are sufficient supportive (regardless of term used) that the votes that would be lost for one, would be lost for all.
Since the term “Zionist” is used by different people to mean different things, and may or may not be loaded, I’d rather ask than assume.
I do agree, if Israel is your single issue (and to be clear, it IS for a number of people in my direct family, on the pro-Israeli side), then yeah, those supporting either side of the conflict may be ungettable if they exclude the rest of the issues in the election, no matter who the VP is.
[ for the record, I’ve had over 4 years of family emails saying I should support Trump for Israel’s state, and no comments at all about what he is doing to America ]
If I had to guess, I’d say tomorrow between 4 and 5pm. Get maximum exposure just before the evening news and prime time cable talkers. Sunday night feels like people have other things to do.
Of course now that I put that prediction out there, expect the announcement in about 45 minutes.
It’s technically possible for her to appear on stage with, oh, say, three or four people — with each Senator and Governor telling the crowd and the viewers at home why America should vote for Kamala Harris this November — and with her then adding that, just like she’d said, she was there with the guy who’ll be her running mate.
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