I don't want to toot my own horn too loudly, but I gotta say, I told ya so.

Way back on July 18, which in Gregorian calendar terms was—yikes—less than three weeks ago but might as well be last century in this political season, I took the plunge and very publicly predicted that not only would President Joe Biden bow out of the race for re-election, but that Kamala Harris would pick up the torch and choose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the Democratic ticket.

And ever since Biden's tectonic plate-shifting decision, I have continued to double down on my bet that Walz was the man Harris would eventually pick as her running mate. Now it's obvious that my bet paid off. Walz is Kamala Harris' choice and is very likely on his way to becoming the next vice president of the United States.

But the real question is, why did I feel so alone the past few weeks? Aside from Mehdi Hasan and a handful of other pundits, where was everyone else?

Of the contenders under consideration, Walz was the only veep candidate who made any sense whatsoever. And I knew Harris and her advisers would come to see it as I did.

Sure, Walz had a compelling backstory as an enlisted soldier, schoolteacher, and champion........

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