‘Coach Walz’ Can Help Harris Win.

The 2024 Race is (Re)Set.

Howard Wolfson: Coach Tim Walz Can Help Kamala Harris Win (New York Times – Guest Essay)

“With her announcement on Tuesday that Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her running mate, Kamala Harris has chosen a Midwest governor whose biography should give him an important opportunity to reach out to the male voters Democrats are struggling to reach,” writes our colleague Howard Wolfson in a New York Times guest essay.

“Put simply, Walz has a record of earning support from precisely the kinds of voters Democrats need to retain the White House.

“Imagine a Democratic convention in which Tim Walz is introduced by former players who can attest to his character in supporting and guiding them to victory on the field and in life. That’s an inspiring brand of toughness. Bill Clinton reminds us that ‘strong and wrong’ beats ‘weak and right.’ With Harris and Walz, Democrats can own right and strong.

“Vince Lombardi once said, ‘People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.’ Tim Walz understands this, too. And it’s why he is the best choice to be Harris’s running mate,” Wolfson writes. Read his full piece here.

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