VP nominee Tim Walz hit what have already become classic notes in his oeuvre Wednesday: family, football, popular progressive policies, decency, the “weirdness” of the other guys. His speech was punctuated with shots of his proud, sometimes crying children — his son Gus yelling “that’s my dad” — and cardboard cutouts of his face held aloft by the crowd.
A series of other speakers, including fellow Minnesotan Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and his former students, testified to his real-guy bona fides before he took the stage.
Former President Bill Clinton, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also spoke, though the overall rhetorical electricity dipped from Tuesday’s double-barrel Obama barn burner.
With three convention nights in the books, Democrats await the Kamala Harris finale.
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I really hope Harris takes today off. She’s on the verge of blowing her voice out, and telegenically, women politicians with screechy voices are perceived as cackling or weak. Remember HRC? She needs to drink some masala tea and rest up, and not campaign all day again.
Who is Walz?
Ted Lasso.
Believe
Retaining or restoring?
Ted Lasso, fictional, but a hell of a role model.
Bet Tim will get the water pressure up.