Why Democrats are excited about the prospect of Kamala Harris vs Mike Pence

Chris Stevenson explains why Harris’s performance in previous debates shows she’s ready to take on Trump’s number two

Harris endorses Biden at a Detroit rally in March (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty)

The news that Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden had picked Kamala Harris to be his running mate generated serious excitement on Twitter.

Naturally, there was discussion over the history-making nature of the selection: Harris is the first black woman and south Asian American in the role. But given the way Harris stopped Biden in his tracks during an early Democrat candidate debate (before her own campaign faltered), more than a few analysts were eyeing up what she might do to Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s vice president.

For after the pageantry (although much-reduced in these coronavirus times) of the party conventions, where the two pairs will be lauded by the faithful (from afar), the next big mark on the horizon is the presidential and vice-presidential debates.