CNN and other sources are saying Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. That seems to me like a good choice although I didn't think the list of folks she was considering had any bad choices. He's certainly a fine contrast to the guy Trump chose to be his running mate. Trump can't even bring himself to say that JD Vance is qualified to be president on Day One if some tragedy occurs…but then, Trump lives in a world where Donald Trump is the only human being qualified to lead this country with the possible exception of Vladimir Putin.
Trump and his minions are trying really hard to make this election be about Kamala being unfit for the job but I don't think that's going to work with a lot of swing voters. Making her out as some sort of racial opportunist ain't gonna do it. The last few days, he almost seems to have given up on that, instead opting to claim she's stupid…and that certainly won't stick. Put the two of them on a debate stage and even Fox Moderators won't be able to make that work for him.
Donald won the presidency once by convincing just enough voters that Hillary Clinton was unfit. He seemed to be coming close to winning it again because just enough were feeling that way about Joe Biden. Now that's no longer in play, whereas Harris certainly has enough talking points to convince the swings that Trump is the one who's unfit. He can't make this election be about her but she can sure make it about him.