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Good Wednesday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. If this is the Duh election in which Democrats bypass a dozen

up-incomeers to choose the safe septuagenarian Joe Biden to take on the beleaguered and unpopular

Donald Trump, then the obvious choice for VP is Kamala Harris.

She's a well-vetted former presidential candidate and current statewide elected official

who deftly hops between the Democratic Party shifting technotic plates while acknowledging

the heart of the left's coalition.

In nearly every sense, she picks up where Biden falls short.

She's a black, South Asian woman, the first of both on a presidential ticket.

A Chuck Taylor-wearing 55-year-old, she's the pitcher of vigor, born when Biden was in college,

at one with contemporary pop culture and the issues plaguing regular Americans.

She's the child of two immigrant parents.

She's a progressive that moderates like.

As Alex Burns and Katie Gluck put it on the front page of the New York Times,

Kamala has a gift for capturing moments of raw political electricity on the debate stage and elsewhere,

and a personal identity and family story that many

find inspiring. Unlike other ascendant national politicians, Harris is unafraid to mix it up with

reporters, eager, okay, maybe just willing, to stop in the Capitol to chat with the Voltruist

press corps. Biden's selection of Harris signals her arrival at the top rung of the Democratic Party and represents an acknowledgement of the heart of the party's coalition, black and female voters.

It also, of course, has implications for the remaining 83 days of this presidential race and for power in Washington going forward.

Just like Barack Obama's nomination, Harris's selection is a historic moment for women, black women,

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