Since the Vance veep pick was one born out of overconfidence and hubris more than any strategic calculation, I wonder how big a factor it was that he has a one syllable name ending in -nce. Maybe Trump just liked the sound of Trump/Pence so much that he went with the similar sounding Trump/Vance. They only have to change 2 letters on all the 2016/2020 gear and propaganda. Trump is a simple man. Perhaps his thinking was as simple as that.

My Harris vibes are pretty high. I think a lot of the negative perception of her isn't really her fault, and ever since June 27, she has been pitch perfect. Loyally defending Biden in interviews without expressing even a hint of ambition, somehow managing an impossible task without just gaslighting everyone in the process. Declaring her intent to earn the nomination once Biden was out. And now acting like the nominee and leading.

The person we have seen since June 27 is not the person I thought she was; I couldn't even watch her post-debate interviews that night out of fear of how badly they might go, and just the unfairness of her being put in that position. But she aced them. From what I'm seeing out of her, I have little doubt that she was badly mishandled by the administration and intentionally held back. She's got this.