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Because Tim Walz’s name is floating as a VP pick, here are some impressions as a person who’s lived with him as a governor here in MN 2019.
The short of it: I'm not excited, but…could be worse, as the locals say.
The slightly longer of it: 
1/ #uspol
He’s not particularly exciting. He has all the charisma and fortitude of wet cardboard, and is •pathologically• conflict-averse. Don’t expect him to say anything bold…ever.
The flip side of that is that he is •extremely• non-threatening. That’s how he won and re-won statewide election here in MN. The GOP’s attempts to attack him never stuck. It was like they were trying to shoot bullets into oatmeal. In particular…
2/ #uspol
@inthehands That seems highly Minnesota-optimized, tbh. I no longer live there, but admire him from afar and… can’t see him on the national stage.
@kmck
Generally agree. But political theater casting is not my expertise, so…who knows, I kind of expect to be wrong.