Paul Begala on Harris Being Limited to Picking White Male VP: ‘The Math Is Baloney’

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BEGALA: “I have a completely heretical view, Anderson, a completely heretical view. The map doesn’t matter for spit. Nothing. It doesn’t deliver anything. It never has. I was working for President Obama’s reelection PAC and Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan’s beloved in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is a swing state. Romney, not only didn’t win Wisconsin, he didn’t win Paul Ryan’s congressional district. So the map is a myth. She needs to pick — I love Zeleny’s report, in that, her aides are saying she can pick somebody who she’s comfortable with, somebody who could step in on day one, somebody who could take the fight in the campaign. That’s what she needs to do. This whole — I’m serious. My test is, does my mama look at this and say, oh, well, they would be a good president. They could step in. Nothing else matters. I’m telling you, the map is baloney and anybody who buys into the map is blowing smoke up your —“