Sure, all of the expected laudatory words have been delivered by them, but the subtext is glaring. The Lincoln Project, as one example, came out with this message of enthusiastic support.

So Harris is the choice to deliver giddiness to the crowd claiming to fight for purity of politics. (All while member Rick Wilson was desperately trying to memory-hole his past harsh words of criticism leveled at the California Senator.) Just recall, these are the same people who claim to be preserving the mantle of conservatism, and now they are claiming a sterling human rights record for the woman who used prison labor and wanted to jail parents over truant students. Such an overly insistent description defies the barest of research into her record, but sure -- human rights heroine, I suppose.

The leader of the Good Ship Bulwark, Admiral William Kristol, had some very interesting comments of his own in response to the Kamala announcement. He somehow regards her selection as cause to have Biden be completely exempted from a tried and established campaign tradition  -- appearing at a presidential debate.

‘’We’ve seen Biden in office for over four decades, and we’ve seen Trump nonstop for the last four years. We’ve seen enough to make up our minds about them. So let’s skip the presidential debates but have three vice-presidential debates.’’