We cats have long agreed with journalist Soledad O'Brien that POLITICO is trash. So you can imagine our shock when we saw the site's wildly positive coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris's selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate, and the behind-the-scenes process that went into making it happen.
Other media appear to be filing similarly upbeat stories, at least for now — so perhaps even American journalism, which as we all know is in deep, deep trouble, is charmed by the idea that politics, as Walz observed today, should be joyful. After eight-plus years of Trumpian doom and darkness, it's a glorious relief.
Which brings us to Harris. Her performance ever since the harrowing night of June 27 has been flawless. And in just the last two weeks, she's had to pivot to being the Democratic nominee and picking a Vice President. Each of the candidates for the job had excellent qualities, which kept everyone interested and engaged but which also made the call a potentially tough one. But she handled it brilliantly — and, very important, Team Harris did not leak, not one tiny drop.
Compare this to Benedict Donald, who had months — maybe even years — to pick a running mate. But since Everything Trump Touches Dies, his VP vetting was a drawn-out, messy process that inflicted unnecessarily negative coverage on the vettees — an obscene combination of Whac-a-Mole and Survivor rolled into one. And in the end, he violated the primary rule of First, Do No Harm.
Congratulations to Madam Vice President for nailing her first big decision as a future POTUS. We cats PURR.
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