by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream:
What in the world was Kamala Harris thinking? There is a reason why the Trump campaign is so giddy right now. Kamala Harris could have had Josh Shapiro, but instead she picked Tim Walz. When I wrote that “Kamala Harris has a tendency to really mess things up”, I was not exaggerating one bit. This election is going to be decided by the swing states, and the most critical swing state by far is Pennsylvania. Whoever wins Pennsylvania is almost certainly going to win the presidency. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has a 61 percent favorability rating in his state, and so he was seemingly the obvious pick. The following comes from CNN…
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Pennsylvania, on the other hand, is almost certainly a must-win state for Harris if she wants to be president. In fact, it is probably the most important swing state this cycle, and the polling there has been very tight.
Shapiro currently holds a 61% favorable rating in Pennsylvania and outperformed Biden’s 2020 baseline by 14 points in 2022.
Whether that would have been enough to propel a Harris-Shapiro ticket in Pennsylvania this fall is a question mark, though political science literature suggests it very well could have.
If the loss of Pennsylvania ends up costing the Democrats the White House, many on the left will be absolutely furious with Kamala Harris for making such a bone-headed choice.
When Donald Trump learned that Harris had picked Walz, he issued a two word response…
Trump took to Truth Social to deliver a two-word response to Harris’ choice of running mate.
“THANK YOU!” Trump wrote in all capital letters.
This was an enormous gift to the Trump campaign.
So why didn’t Harris pick Shapiro?
Well, the truth is that many on the left were deeply concerned that he is Jewish and that he has a history of being strongly pro-Israel…
Shapiro has been a staunch supporter of Israel for decades, dating back to his high school and college days when he wrote for a student newspaper at the University of Rochester. One opinion piece, titled “Peace Not Possible”, resurfaced in a newspaper last month.
“Palestinians will not coexist peacefully,” Shapiro wrote. “They do not have the capabilities to establish their own homeland and make it successful even with the aid of Israel and the United States. They are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own.”
In that article, Shapiro also said he had previously served as a volunteer in the Israeli army.
There was apparently concern that having Shapiro on the ticket could cost Harris the state of Michigan if too many Muslims stayed home and didn’t vote.
With Walz on the ticket, that isn’t likely to be an issue.
But if Harris doesn’t win Pennsylvania there is probably no path to victory for her.
Of course there is no going back now.
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