August 8, 2024
On the negatives Tim Walz brings to the Harris ticket...
If yesterday was about what Tim Walz adds Kamala Harris’ candidacy, today is about how he detracts from it.
The columns questioning the Walz pick have been uniform to the point that if you’ve read one, you’ve just about read them all: he’s not moderate and he’s not from a swing state. A few other criticisms have floated in (choosing Walz means Harris believes this is a base election; Walz’s brand of “owning the conservatives” could cause swing voters to wonder which, if any, party is the adult in the room), but “blue state progressive” is the main headline.
Enter Ruy Teixeira with his take on the matter. I won’t spoil it for you. I will say, though, that even if his criticisms don’t light up the blogosphere, the Harris campaign should still address them. They’re as incisive as any I’ve seen and get to the root of what could be (but don’t have to be) decisive strategic errors. Only the campaign can fix them, though, and the clock is ticking.