To be clear, I don’t think he’s ever said or claimed to be fluent in that many languages. . But even knowing one or two is a step above most Americans, and is certainly to his credit.
Okay, fair enough.
Here’s his rundown:
He does seem to have a knack for languages.I think he could be SOS. He would trust the career diplomats at State. I don’t see the severe lack of experience. He’s no Rex Tillerson.
Did something happen that I missed? – [checks the news] – yes it has.
I was hoping for Kelly. But Harris knows more about both of them than I do.
I got the sense that Kelly’s not as political as others. And keeping him in AZ and Shapiro in PA makes sense in the long term in my amateur mind.
Y’know, the State Department would be one place where speaking many languages would be a direct asset, rather than just an indirect indicator of high intelligence.
I am a huge Tim Walz supporter. He’s perfect, looks the pasty old white guy part for the identity politics, but isn’t anything like that so we’ll see aggressive positive change.
My in-laws are soft c conservatives but they were won over by Tim’s COVID handling and GOP bumbling.
Let’s go!
I also hope that the abbreviated time they had for background checks didn’t mean they missed anything.
Maybe not for long, though. (Arizona)
Kamala Wins Major Endorsement From Republicans in Key Swing State (yahoo.com)
I think Arizona is keepable for democrats so long as the race there gets associated with Kari Lake being somehow a bigger lunatic that Trump that there is no split ticketing of putting the Democratic candidate into the senate seat Sinema is vacating but Trump for president. That would be a weird split ticket to have in an era where that sort of voting rarely happens anymore.
@outlierrn: Apparently there are still some actual Republicans. Good to find that out.
Something similar might happen in North Carolina, where our Republican gubernatorial candidate is a fucking lunatic who’s mocked Simone Biles as a “weak little gymnast”, Jew-baited the creators of Black Panther, denied the Holocaust, threatened transwomen with arrest or “whatever we got to do to you”, and more.
Between him and our Republican candidate for state superintendent, who explicitly called for “a pay per view of [Obama] in front of the firing squad”, I’m cautiously hopeful that enough of my fellow North Cackalackians will say, “Holy shit, these people be crazy” and vote blue.
Right now, picking a sitting Senator would have been too dangerous, with the razor thin margin there already.
Because I think it’s interesting, I’m transferring over the conversation begun by @RickJay and @kenobi_65 in the VP thread regarding what Harris’ “3-5 clear, easily explained, unambiguous promises that constitute an affirmative intent to do something” ought to be:
And I’ll disagree a bit. 
She certainly needs an economic message, but should not frame it directly as a response to inflation which people tend to blame on the current Administration. And she absolutely should not be pushing affirmative promises on the border. Any time she spends talking about the border is a gift to Republicans.
Her top bullet point bar none should be protecting women’s bodily autonomy. Republicans have gone to some places since Dobbs that make even right-leaning voters blanche – like targeting IVF and contraception – and pretty much every election since that decision has showed that protecting a woman’s rights over her own reproductive choices is a winner for Democrats.
At the risk of a hijack, I would agree that Pete is a natural for SOS. Doesn’t have the experience? Well, neither did Mike Pompeo, Rex Tillerson, Condoleeza Rice, etc. etc.
Speculation of a future Harris cabinet (hopefully there is one!) is probably best suited for another thread.
While I appreciate the advertising for Harris on the Olympic telecasts, there needs to be a new commercial. I’ve seen the same ad many, many times.
The only response to any GQP mention of the border should be that there was a bipartisan Immigration Reform bill which addressed most of their talking points, but it was scuttled at the last minute in the Senate — on orders from their current Presidential candidate.
Should healthcare access in general be a main talking point?
Agree 100%. Aside from being the right thing to do, this issue has been a demonstrated winner for Dems even in Red states. And the contrast to Vance’s bizarre misogyny couldn’t be clearer.