Ideological Soul Mates As Running Mates

So JD Vance and Tim Walz will be the vice presidential candidates this year. The two have almost nothing in common. Vance is a MAGA conservative. Walz is a hardcore woke leftist.

As these characterizations suggest, however, the selection of the two has something in common — a willingness by the presidential candidates to stick to their ideological guns. This, in turn, suggests overconfidence on the part of both candidates.