The Lake Wobegoner

A Loser Choice: Folksy Minnesotan Tim Walz Is Too Progressive For Most Of America

Well, that’s a relief. Kamala Harris bypassed Josh Shapiro, the tough, popular governor of Pennsylvania, a state Democrats really need to win, to go for Garrison Keillor: that is, an avuncular Minnesota progressive who sounds folksy, but whose politics are far out of step with most of America’s. Whew. I was worried there. That they announced this in a r…