Agreed.
@Raoul it might be true you won't get much variance but some candidates will bring the issue to mind a lot quicker than others and that's where I think Shapiro is a big mistake to pick him.
All the more reason to avoid this guy as VP pick.
I'm very, very skeptical of the notion that this Shapiro guy can just deliver Penn to Harris. I think that sounds like the type of hubris driven mistake that Hilary made in 2016, just thinking picking this guy as VP will give Penn to the Dems. I don't think it will at all.
My other problem with Shapiro is his background is way too similar to Harris. He's another law school graduate that always had political aspirations and worked in nothing but politics. Across the midwest, I think Kelly's background is far more appealing and offers much more balance to Harris than just another lawyer turned young politician. A former Navy captain and an astronaut will have far more appeal to the average "swing" voter than Shapiro IMO. I'd also trust Kelly in a debate against Vance a lot more than Shapiro for precisely this reason, his appeal to the average "middle American".