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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

politics.

It's Thursday, August 13th.

I'm Eric Latch, staff writer at The New Yorker, filling in for Dorothy Wickenden.

On Tuesday, Joe Biden announced his running mate, California senator and former presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

This wasn't exactly a surprising choice.

Harris had been rumored to be the frontrunner for the spot since almost the moment Biden clinched the nomination this spring,

and in fact, there had been talk of a potential Biden-Harris ticket going back to last year.

But the choice was significant, nevertheless. Biden, if elected, would be the oldest president

in history, and he

has described himself as a bridge figure and hinted that he would only serve one term. Harris has long

been considered among the politicians who would help to find the Democratic Party's future.

Now she might do it from the perch of the second highest office in the land. The stakes are high,

as Harris herself pointed out,

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