He definitely wasn't the first, or even fifth choice. The Dems have plenty of slick psychopaths like Newsom who would love to be president but hitching your wagon to Harris is career poison, it was obvious from the start. Walz had no hopes of running himself so he became the sacrificial lamb.
Harris campaign better get used to this, they will be seeing it forever.
Waltz is, and always has been, a putz, and Harris demonstrated her utter lack of fitness to lead, yet again, when she picked him.
He definitely wasn't the first, or even fifth choice. The Dems have plenty of slick psychopaths like Newsom who would love to be president but hitching your wagon to Harris is career poison, it was obvious from the start. Walz had no hopes of running himself so he became the sacrificial lamb.