From The Guardian: “Kamala Harris names Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, as running mate.”
An excellent choice, making a ticket very much like Obama–Biden in affect.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
It’s Tim Walz
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Our Man in Minnesota. I think this choice sets a good vibe.
So heartening to think about running mates who are relatively youthful and project optimism, not anger and hatred. I am psyched.
Call me crazy, but I’d have gone with “ in effect,” with effect’s noun sense of “result, outcome,” and “in effect” meaning “in practice”’or “operational.” In typical usage (with some exceptions) effect is more often a noun and affect, a verb.
Grammar aside, I like this choice.
“In effect” would have a different (also plausible) meaning. But I was going for affect, which is, yes, more common as a verb.. The OED: “the outward display of emotion or mood, as manifested by facial expression, posture, gestures, tone of voice, etc.” I was thinking of the contrast between Walz and Harris as similar to the contrast between Biden and Obama, with each v p candidate presenting as older, less polished, folksier.
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