gzt: I can see why Josh Shapiro has favourite odds for VP. 

Yes I think Shapiro will get it, mostly because they have to win Penn, but clearly he can talk and like any of these Dems they can do it on the fly. If it wasnt a black female for Pres, I would say Pete Buttigieg. He is a fantastic speaker and like most of them is a realist Democrat. Sxl orientation shouldnt matter, but with a first already with female Pres etc, its the reality of politics and appealing to the smallest mind possible.

I wish we could borrow him for NZ though, Id pick at least fifteen of their best if they were in NZ.

Wow, Harris rallies are LOUD. Not just the music, but the people. It makes the claps from the Trump rallies sound silent. and its genuine, these people are fired up. and Harris is brilliant, genuine, well spoken, FUN. With having young cultural influencers and musicians in her pre show, I can see her getting a lot of lazy young non voters to the ballot. She is prosecuting Trump at the same  time as talking up their own game. I really did not expect her to talk about the border, but the way she explains having walked through the tunnels with the cops as a Prosecutor and taking such crims to court and winning, vs Trump just talking a big game, hits home.

She is also explaining what Trump did to "tank" the bipartisan border bill, which I think is good because most people wont know about it. Most in swing votes in swing states dont know about Trump and Jan 6 ;-p.

Go watch her rally in "Atlanta" today. Its part concert, part rally, part prosecting trump. But its LOUD.

One thing none have addressed though is the approx 7 million people risking their lives on that week long journey acosss the rivers near panama etc. No wall will do jack for such issues. Their rigged election was yesterday. But listen to the NYT "The Daily" podcast, a few days back. It explains it well. IMO the US could do more than put sanctions on the dictator to host "free and faiir" elections. More protesting after the result.