She was AG and had a progresssive record, so she should be able to get both wings of the Democratic party aboard if she chooses a VP from the Sanders wing, like Sherrod Brown. Also, she could remind people of Obama.
This is nonsense. On an actual, substantive, what she has done from a policy perspective, she's as left-wing as Sanders, and I challenge you to produce any evidence whatsoever to refute it. (Local politics are a different world, but she's at least comparably liberal to de Blasio, albeit in different ways.) Granted, that could change in her Senate career, but we can't speak to that yet.
That's what makes her a strong candidate. She's an establishment candidate who, unlike others, such as Booker or Cuomo, is basically impossible to successfully attack from the left. Plus, she's the only viable candidate from the West, which basically locks down an entire region of the country for her in the primaries in a way that no other potential candidate can boast.
The reason people are excited about Harris is that, from a liberal Democrat's perspective, she's a no-downside candidate.
