Despite running mate’s ultra-liberal record, most of the media jump on the Walz-wagon

When Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz, the largely unknown Minnesota governor, there was an unmistakable pattern to the coverage.

Not to mention an element of surprise, since everyone thought Josh Shapiro was the odds-on favorite, given the importance of the governor’s state of Pennsylvania.

For the journalists and commentators who applauded Walz as the running mate, which is most of the media, they lauded his persona. A former football coach, a pheasant hunter, the epitome of rural America...