Choices

The wait now is for the Harris team to choose a running mate. If I had wagering tendencies, I’d place money on someone from a swing state—Shapiro or Kelly. But I’m hoping it’s Pete or Gretchen (also from a swing state). The Republicans may spontaneously combust either way—a Black woman of Asian descent and a gay man, or an all-female ticket. A few heads would likely explode, or at the least they’d have something else to criticize and gripe about.

Harris has options. There are many who are supposedly capable—at this point, anyway, before the mudslinging and closer looks commence. Things have already gotten ugly with the racist, misogynistic invective directed at Harris, so much so that even Republican officials are telling their colleagues to find better words, tone things down. That’s unlikely to stop, especially with Trump at the top of the ticket.

So, the Democrats will have to choose between engaging these ignorant attacks, or focusing their energy on traveling the country and telling people what their plans are. I hope it’s the latter.