By Russell Berman

In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”

In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”

In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”In the realm of presidential politics, progressives have become accustomed to disappointment. Joe Biden wasn’t their first (or second) choice in 2020. Nor, for that matter, was Kamala Harris. And Democratic nominees typically pick moderates for their running mates. So when Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her choice for vice president this morning, progressives experienced an unusual feeling: elation.

“It just feels so different and unexpected not to be let down and to be actually excited by a politician’s choice,” Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told me by phone shortly after the news broke. “Kamala Harris had lots of choices in front of her, and she picked the most popular, exciting one.”