By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The dates are set. The venues are chosen. The only thing missing from this week’s campaign blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate is the name of the running mate.
After a weekend spent interviewing finalists, Harris must decide on her wingman before the two set off Tuesday on a tour across key battleground states where they will introduce the new Democratic ticket to voters and highlight the stakes of the election. Everything about her campaign has been rapid-fire out of necessity. She’s only been a candidate for a little over two weeks, since President Joe Biden bowed out of the race following a dismal debate performance and escalating calls within the Democratic party for him to step aside.
The Democratic National Committee chair said on Friday that Harris had already secured enough votes to become the party’s nominee and will accept the nomination Monday night when voting ends. And about 8 in 10 Democrats say they would be somewhat or very satisfied if Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research , which was conducted after Biden withdrew from the race . Harris has had to do condensed vetting of her potential running mates as the party’s convention draws near.
That means there’s not much time left for advocates for and against different picks get in their final licks. Harris was zeroing in o.