Democrats’ Return to Walz-ism

Democrats’ Return to Walz-ism

When Kamala Harris announced that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz would be her running mate in 2024, my first reaction was curious optimism for the Democratic ticket. I hadn’t followed Walz’s career especially closely, but I was familiar enough with him to know that he hailed from a rural area of a Midwestern state and that he had been a Blue Dog Democrat during his time in the House of Representatives. This seemed like exactly the kind of candidate…