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In a move that is rarely encouraged in a job interview, Tim Walz sat in the dining room of the US Naval Observatory reeling off a string of his self-confessed weaknesses to Kamala Harris and her vetting team.
He doesn’t know how to use a teleprompter.
He isn’t from a swing state and is relatively unknown.
And, he’s a bad debater.
These candid admissions, however, all helped Walz ace the final interview and secure his position as Harris’s vice presidential pick over contenders Josh Shapiro and Mark Kelly.
“It was a home run,” a member of the vetting team told CNN. “Everyone loved him.”
Walz was an outsider and Harris knew the least about him compared to his Democratic adversaries when he found himself in the running.
But, insiders told CNN that …