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I have to make a confession: Kamala Harris had a much stronger start than I expected. She appears competent, in command and she is connecting to voters — everything she wasn’t when she ran for president five years ago. Gail Collins: Bret! Bret: I’m not there yet, though the rumored choice of Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor, as her running mate would go far to reassure me about a Harris administration. Gail: Certainly seems to make sense politically — guy from a very important state, with a moderate image that might reassure Democrats who are worried that Harris is too far to the left.

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Progressive groups have trained their criticisms on Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Kelly, who they accuse of being too conservative on key issues. The debate grew heated during a discussion about whether using the phrase “Genocide Josh” to describe Mr. Shapiro, who is an observant Jew, was antisemitic. One of his advisers called the Harris campaign to object to Mr. Shapiro, a development that was first reported by Politico. Manuel Bonder, a spokesman for Mr. Shapiro, declined to comment on the vice-presidential selection process. Mr. Walz and Mr. Beshear are set to appear at dueling, simultaneous fund-raisers to benefit Ms. Harris on Monday evening.

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☆ Why JD Vance's plan to follow Kamala Harris and her VP pick on their swing-state tour is a big gamble
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Enter Vance, who wants to halt any sort of sustained momentum for Harris as she stumps with her eventual vice presidential pick. The senator is seemingly aiming to get ahead of the news cycle to blunt a potential Democratic vice presidential honeymoon period. Harris will use her tour to blitz battleground states and introduce her running mate to voters. Megan Varner/Getty ImagesSo Vance's plan to lay into Harris and her running mate will be a tricky balancing act. Some voters will applaud Vance's shadow tour of Harris' vice presidential rollout, while others will view it as a stunt.

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The Serbian tennis legend had won all four Grand Slam titles and practically every honor there is in the sport, but the Olympic gold medal had escaped him. Paul Ellis / AFP via Getty ImagesSimone Biles' Olympic medal collection has officially reached double digits. , the American cyclist who didn’t even qualify for the Olympics but is now going home with a gold medal. Racing in a downpour, Julien Alfred won the first Olympic medal in any sport for Saint Lucia on Saturday when she took gold in the women's 100-meter final. the first Olympic medal in any sport for Saint Lucia on Saturday when she took gold in the women's 100-meter final.

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The top contenders to be Kamala Harris’ running mate got to this point, in part, by battling Donald Trump. Now, one of them is likely to become the vice presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket aiming to thwart his comeback bid. Pete Buttigieg rose from obscurity to play a central role in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Andy Beshear, who is also in the mix for Harris’ running mate position. One way or another, Trump played a big role creating the cast of characters that could complete the Democratic ticket he’s facing this year.

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☆ Harris meeting on Sunday with a trio of prospective VP finalists: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kamala Harris will be interviewing potential running mates this Sunday, WaPo reported. Josh Shapiro, and Gov. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementVice President Kamala Harris is sitting down for final interviews this Sunday to nail down her 2024 running mate, the Washington Post reported. People familiar with the matter told the Post that three candidates have been invited to meet with Harris: Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov.

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The competitive, divisive primary that many Democrats long wanted to avoid has arrived anyway — playing out largely behind closed doors in a fight over the bottom of the ticket. They turned most sharply on one of the favorites to join the ticket, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who has drawn opposition from progressives and even a senator in his home state. The fissures among Democrats emerged as three leading contenders — Mr. Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota — met with Ms. Harris at her residence in Washington on Sunday, ahead of a decision her campaign said would be announced by Tuesday.

Persons: Kamala Harris’s, Josh Shapiro, — Mr, Shapiro, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Tim Walz, Minnesota —, Harris Organizations: Gov, Pennsylvania Locations: Washington

☆ Inside the Obama-Shapiro Relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Katie Glueck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In 2007, a Pennsylvania state representative named Josh Shapiro broke with much of the Democratic establishment to back for president a first-term senator from Illinois named Barack Obama. Mr. Obama, who lost Pennsylvania’s 2008 primary to Hillary Clinton but won the presidency, did not forget it. Over the nearly two decades since that early endorsement, Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Obama remained in touch, developing a connection that is closer than is commonly understood, according to interviews with people who know them both. Now, Mr. Shapiro is a popular governor in a crucial battleground state who could join a presidential ticket himself, as Vice President Kamala Harris, another early Obama supporter, weighs her running-mate options. The relationship between the two men offers a window into the instincts and influences of one of Ms. Harris’s top choices.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Barack Obama, Mr, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Shapiro, Kamala Harris Organizations: Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Illinois

And each finalist offers the newly minted Democratic Party leader a particular way to balance the ticket. Here’s how each could uniquely help the Democratic ticket — plus the potential drawbacks already getting attention. Andy BeshearNo current Democratic governor has won a redder state than Kentucky, where Beshear has won statewide three times. That appeal could help boost the Democratic ticket with working-class, independent and even some Republican voters in battleground states across the U.S. Tim WalzWalz has won Democratic plaudits for a string of progressive policy wins in his state.

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☆ Shapiro Faces Scrutiny Over Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Aide
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Sharon Lafraniere | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is on the short list to be Kamala Harris’s running mate, is facing renewed criticism for his handling of a sexual harassment complaint against a longtime top aide. An employee had accused Mr. Vereb of making repeated and graphic sexual overtures and then criticizing her job performance after she refused him. She resigned rather than continue to work for him, her only other option, she said in her written complaint. Mr. Vereb, 57, kept his post for six months after his accuser first alleged misconduct. He resigned only after local reporters obtained a copy of the employee’s complaint, weeks after the settlement had been secretly reached.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Kamala Harris’s, Michael A, Shapiro’s, Vereb, Mr, Shapiro, Harris Organizations: Pennsylvania

☆ Opinion | Why Josh Shapiro Would Make Such a Difference for Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Mark Penn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Vice President Kamala Harris has one overriding weakness as a candidate for president — she is perceived as being to the left of Joe Biden. Ms. Harris has criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, supported single-payer health care and even praised the “defund the police” movement. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania as her running mate. Mr. Shapiro, who is unpopular with many progressives over energy policy, school choice and other issues, would send a signal that Ms. Harris is not captive to the left and that she puts experience ahead of ideology. But the elections of Mr. Obama and now the surge of Ms. Harris suggest that America is a lot more focused on party unity and stopping Donald Trump than on race and religion.

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Mr. Shapiro has said his views have evolved in the years since writing an opinion essay critical of Palestinians when he was a college student. Mr. Shapiro, 51, has embraced his Jewish identity and been one of the Democratic Party’s staunchest defenders of Israel at a moment when the party is splintered over the war in Gaza. “Something I wrote when I was 20, is that what you’re talking about?” Mr. Shapiro told a reporter who asked him about it. He has also not shied away from criticizing college administrators over their response to campus antisemitism, including at the University of Pennsylvania. If Ms. Harris chooses Mr. Shapiro to be her running mate, he will become only the second Jewish vice-presidential nominee on a major-party ticket.

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☆ Kamala Harris: Inside the final days of her vice presidential decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The vice president likes to take her time with decisions. “This is a decision that is not just a campaign decision,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an unrelated interview with CNN last week. “The vice president has a very deeply personal decision to make right now. Andy Beshear and several other governors over to her residence for what became a gripe session about the Biden campaign in February. Obama reminded his former vice president that they had not gotten along well at first.

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☆ Harris meeting with VP vetting team for presentations on finalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Jamie Gangel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet with her vetting team today for a series of in-depth presentations on each of the finalists to be her running mate, according to a source familiar with the process. Each briefing is expected to last about 60 to 90 minutes, but some could be shorter or longer depending on what needs to be discussed, how complicated the vetting was, and any follow-up questions Harris may have. As CNN previously reported, the finalists include Pennsylvania Gov. According to multiple sources, the material in the vetting is expected to crystallize her choice of the top tier of finalists. Harris’ top consideration is electability, sources familiar with her thinking told CNN.

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Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with top candidates to serve as her vice president on Sunday, closing out her search for a running mate with a test of whether she and her potential new partner click. It was unclear whether other potential candidates — including Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg — were also on the schedule, or if they had already met with Ms. Harris. The in-person meeting, described as a “chemistry test,” is a final step in the search, but one that Ms. Harris is expected to put considerable stock in. Aides and associates have said that she often prioritizes personal rapport with her staff and advisers.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Mark Kelly of, Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Harris, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg — Organizations: Gov, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Sunday, Naval Observatory Locations: Mark Kelly of Arizona, Washington, Kentucky

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is nearing a final decision in choosing her running mate and plans to meet with some of the top contenders in person over the next 72 hours, a source familiar with the process said. Josh Shapiro is among the top contenders for the vice presidential spot. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is among the contenders to be Harris' running mate. It's unclear if all of them have advanced to the final in-person interviews with Harris herself this weekend. Andy Beshear is one of the six vice presidential contenders, NBC News has reported.

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WASHINGTON — A day after former President Donald Trump falsely said Kamala Harris only recently “became Black,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck back Thursday and defended the vice president as “a strong Black woman” whom Trump is scared to debate. “She’s a strong Black woman — Donald Trump may not want to say that, but it’s true, and everyone knows it’s true,” he added. Trump and President Joe Biden had agreed to participate in a second debate on Sept. 10, hosted by ABC. Frank Thorp V / NBC NewsSchumer added that Republicans are doing "nutty things ... weird things," echoing a recent attack line from Harris and Democrats. “Go after them and show their falsities, their craziness, when they do these nutty things that they’re doing, these weird things they’re doing.

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☆ Shapiro’s College-Era Criticism of Palestinians Draws Fresh Scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Neil Vigdor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Shapiro, Democrat of Pennsylvania, wrote in his college newspaper three decades ago that Palestinians were “too battle-minded” to achieve a two-state solution in the Middle East, prompting criticism as Vice President Kamala Harris considers him to be her running mate. Mr. Shapiro, 51, has embraced his Jewish identity and been one of the Democratic Party’s staunchest defenders of Israel at a moment when the party is splintered over the war in Gaza. But he says his views have evolved since publishing an opinion essay as a college student at the University of Rochester in New York, when he wrote that Palestinians were incapable of establishing their own homeland and making it successful, even with help from Israel and the United States. “They are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own,” he wrote in the essay, published in the Sept. 23, 1993, edition of The Campus Times, the student newspaper. “They will grow tired of fighting amongst themselves and will turn outside against Israel.”

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Kamala Harris, Shapiro, ”, “ Organizations: Democratic Party’s, University of Rochester, Campus Times, Israel Locations: Pennsylvania, Israel, Gaza, New York, United States

Frank Bruni: Beth, Jim, thanks for joining me to discuss the hottest topic in American politics: To whom will Kamala Harris propose? It’s like “The Bachelor,” only with nuclear codes instead of a red rose. But there have been periods recently when everybody around me was betting on either Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Each of you has steered a presidential campaign: What, based on that experience, would you guess is Vice President Harris’s and her advisers’ primary consideration as they make this decision? Beth Myers: Choosing a vice president is one of the very few choices that the nominee has under her control, and it’s very particular for every candidate.

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☆ Pete Buttigieg: How his 2020 campaign built the base driving his VP buzz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Buttigieg isn’t the only politician to exit a Democratic presidential primary with an enduring army of online super fans. “Team Pete” didn’t disappear, but the “veepstakes” reactivated his supporters, said Mike Schmuhl, Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign manager. This week, though, he joined the list of vice presidential hopefuls to cancel a planned event with limited explanation. They reject the idea that America isn’t ready for a major-party ticket featuring both a Black woman and the first out gay vice presidential pick. “I definitely think in my lifetime he will be on a ticket,” said Brandon Neal, a Democratic strategist and senior adviser to the 2020 campaign.

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☆ Kamala Harris has earned enough votes to win the Democratic presidential nomination, party chair announces
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Ethan Cohen | Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Delegates began casting virtual ballots for the nomination Thursday, a process that will continue until Monday evening. “I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” said Harris, who joined the virtual event. It’s been clear since shortly after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris that the vice president would be the only serious candidate for the nomination. Though voting for the Democratic nomination began and will possibly conclude before Harris announces her running mate, party rules don’t require a separate vote to confirm the nominee for vice president.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Jaime Harrison, Harris, “, ”, It’s, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump’s, Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg, JB Pritzker, Samantha Waldenberg, Jamie Gangel Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Republican, Minnesota Gov, Kentucky Gov, Illinois Gov Locations: American, United States, Chicago, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Kentucky, Philadelphia

☆ Some Jewish Democrats wonder if America is ready for a Jewish vice president
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

After all, the last time a guy named Shapiro had been elected governor of Pennsylvania, he had years earlier anglicized his name to Shapp. “I’m not aware of how his position on Israel differs from the other potential vice presidents,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, who is both Jewish and a proud progressive, told CNN. Of the VP’s choices, Shapiro is the one who stands out as the most divisive and could put a stop in everyone being on the same page,” said one Jewish Democratic operative. But I will say his attacks, this might surprise you, don’t bother me personally,” Shapiro said at the time. But calling what’s coming at Shapiro “pure antisemitism,” Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, warned against that defensive way of thinking.

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☆ How Biden feels about some of Harris’ top running mate candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Mj Lee | Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Joe Biden acknowledged to reporters Friday morning that he and Vice President Kamala Harris have spoken about her upcoming decision on a vice presidential running mate. Biden is a “big fan of Shapiro’s,” a senior adviser to the president told CNN. In January, Walz was among a group of Democratic elected officials that joined Biden at an infrastructure event in Superior, Wisconsin. Harris is in the final stages of choosing her running mate and is expected to meet with the top finalists – including Walz, Shapiro, Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Harris and her vice presidential pick will spend next week campaigning across the battleground states, starting with a Tuesday night rally in Philadelphia.

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☆ VP hopefuls are clearing their schedules as Harris' search nears its end
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, considered a frontrunner for the role of Harris' running mate, abruptly canceled a three-event fundraising event in the Hamptons, The New York Times reported. However, Beshear posted on X on Thursday that his father, former Kentucky Gov. pic.twitter.com/GMl611jC5h — Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 1, 2024The search for Harris' running mate is in its final days. The Harris campaign told Politico that Harris would stage her first rally with her running mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday. According to Politico, Harris is preparing for face-to-face interviews with her shortlist, marking the last stage of an expedited vetting process.

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☆ Harris' running mate search nears the finish line: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we report on how Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is nearing the finish line. Harris' VP search nears the endBy Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin and Rebecca ShabadThe vetting team for Vice President Kamala Harris has met with six potential running mates as her selection process nears its end, two sources familiar with the campaign said. Shapiro met with Harris’ vetting team on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The vice president was not present, the source said. Read more →The Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call to officially nominate Harris for president began at 9 a.m.

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