Osler's Razor

Yesterday, Joe Biden introduced his running mate: California Senator Kamala Harris.

Since I was driving much of yesterday, I spent a lot of time listening to Republicans, including President Trump, react to the selection of Harris. Suffice it to say that they don't seem to have a theme picked out on this one yet. Here are the various attacks I heard, none of which seem to have much resonance right now:

1) She is mean and nasty, based on how "mean" she was to Biden in a debate. (Confusing. Is the problem that being mean to Biden is Trump's job?).

2) She is against fracking! (I'm pretty sure that the VP could not implement a ban on fracking).

3) She's not really African-American! (Pretty much straight-up offensive. She identifies as both black and South Asian, as her dad is from Jamaica and her mom is from India. I don't think she claims to be African-American).

4) She was a mean, tough-on-crime prosecutor! (see #5).

5) She is soft on crime! (see #4).

6) She is a socialist! (Er, no. There was a socialist in the race. His name is Bernie Sanders. Harris probably is pulling more to the left than she has in the past, but this claim is tired and wrong).

I'm looking forward to the Pence/Harris debate, which is going to be more even than some people are expecting.