As somebody who wanted to see a sort of mini-primary for Democrats who made the argument that at the very least, there should be a sort of contest of the vice-presidential candidates and town halls and forums in an organized way what has emerged in a disorganized way is much more like what I had hoped to see than I'd ever expected.
We've been watching Pete Buttigieg and Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Andy Beshear of Kentucky fanning out across MSNBC and CNN and social media, demonstrating how they would try to take JD Vance apart in a debate.
Whitmer became a national voice on abortion, not just a Michigan voice on it. She became somebody you would see on cable news, somebody the party turned to think about how to talk about this issue.
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