Shapiro Helps In At Least One State, Walz Helps In 50 [View all]

Daily Kos, Aug. 4, 2024.

- Photo, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz: Rural voters, teachers, unions, farmers, seniors, Gen Z, Native Americans and Muslims all have more reason to vote for a Harris/Walz ticket.
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I am originally from Montana. I worked in two of Jon Tester's campaigns...and there's one vice presidential candidate more than any of the others who will help Jon Tester get reelected to his very essential Senate seat. That candidate is Tim Walz—because Walz speaks the language of resonance and respect for small town folks everywhere. He also understands their immense frustration and their profoundly appropriate need to be as acknowledged, supported and respected as fully as every other group of Americans.

As I think of the senatorial campaigns that are being contested, it is certain that Josh Shapiro can, and will help in Pennsylvania. It is not clear that he would help in any other states. However, for different reasons, Tim Walz will probably help in all of those Senate races...and in every other state in America. Oh, and GuavaBoy has the best one-liner yet!

In Arizona Walz certainly will help with the senior vote, the Native American Vote (and the guy vote). In Ohio he has a special appeal to all those steel workers in the southeast corner of the state. in Nevada his appeal to union workers and retirees could be incredibly helpful, and everywhere Walz will engage teachers and coaches (and people who had great teachers and coaches) and will help with voters trying to find an emotional reason to vote for a Democratic ticket.

He’s also incredibly popular with Gen Z, as my post yesterday pointed out..."I'm obsessed with Tim Walz." Parkland's David Hogg on Kamala's VP Selection. Here’s a great comment from that post (link). That, plus Biden thinks Tim Walz is a “blast.” AND Bernie Sanders just came out with an endorsement for Tim Walz. (Update) One of the comments in this thread said we only need seven states—and that could not be further from the truth. So let me list the reasons I can think of for why we need a 50-state outreach...and DKos readers probably have a bunch more...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/4/2260557/-Shapiro-Helps-in-at-Least-1-State-Walz-Helps-in-50