How the Walz Closed In on Josh Shapiro
Before Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz of Minnesota, many insiders thought the polished and charismatic Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro, had it in the bag.
But in the end, those qualities may have doomed Shapiro's easy path to the White House as No. 2 on a Democratic presidential ticket running neck-and-neck with Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. In fact, Shapiro’s brazen political ambitions may have raised concerns that he couldn't be trusted to stay in his place.
Intraparty rival Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) sounded alarm bells in recent days about the governor’s quest for higher office. A Fox News reporter on Tuesday tweeted: “Two sources confirm on background the deciding factor in the VP’s choice was what Sen Fetterman said publicly: concerns Shapiro’s his own personal ambitions would cause him to upstage/override Harris.”