The Democrats' Carhartt Messiah? "Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?" Ezra Klein titled his recent New York Times podcast interview with Kamala Harris' veep pick. "Tim Walz is the dad an entire generation wish they had instead of the one they lost to Fox News," reads a tweet that has already resonated with some 46,000 people. "In Walz, Harris Sees a Battleground Strategy Dressed in Carhartt," reads a New York Times analysis by Lisa Lerer, referring to the workwear brand. "Walz is going to spend the rest of the campaign hosting daily livestreams explaining to voters how to fix a running toilet, how to check the oil levels on your car, and how to properly patch a hole in your drywall," jokes a politico on X.
"It was mesmerizing in the sense that it's been a while since I've seen a rally like that either on TV or in person," journalist Mike Barnicle told MSNBC, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, after Harris had announced the Minnesota governor as her vice-presidential pick. "And watching it, you could just sense the power in the hall—and it was the power of joy, the power of laughter, the power of hope for the future.…It's been a long time since any aspect of American politics has put a smile on anyone's face."
