WHOEVER SHE SELECTS.

FOR A VICE PRESIDENT.

>> CATHY: WE'RE GOING TO BROADEN THE VICE PRESIDENT CONVERSATON TO INCLUDE A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON ALL OF THE NAMES BEING BANDIED ABOUT IN THE NEWS WITH A FOCUS ON THE SIX PEOPLE SAID TO BE LINED UP FOR INTERVIEWS WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS THIS WEEKEND.

JOINING US FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY, ANGELA GREILING KEANE, NEWS DIRECTOR AT BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT, A FORMER WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT AND A MINNESOTA NATIVE WHO GREW UP OBSERVING POLITICS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, EDGE La.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

>> GREAT TO BE HERE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> Cathy: THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME OBJECT A FRIDAY IGHT.

ALL SIX CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO MEET ITH KAMALA HARRIS THIS WEEKEND AND I'M CURIOUS FROM WHERE YOU SIT AND WHAT YOUR SOURCES ARE SAYING, WHO MIGHT THE FRONT-RUNNER ABOUT AND WHO IS A DARK HORSE?

>> FROM WHAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S THREE FRONT-RUNNERS AND GOVERNOR WALZ IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THEM.

THE OTHER TWO ARE SENATOR MARK KELLY FROM ARIZONA AND GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

I WOULD SAY THE OTHERS ARE DARK HORSES, BUT, OF COURSE, THE NOMINEE, OFFICIALLY THE OMINEE AS OF TODAY, KAMALA HARRIS HAS THE DECISION TO MAKE AND SHE WILL ABSOLUTELY USE THIS WEEKEND AS PART OF THAT DECISION-MAKING.

>> Eric: DO YOU THINK SHE'S ALREADY DECIDED AND THESE ARE JUST PRO FORMA INTERVIEWS OR DO YOU THINK THEY COULD BE DETERMINATIVE?

>> I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T TALK WITH KAMALA HARRIS SO I DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT OBJECT OF HER THINKING BUT FROM WHAT I'M READING, SOUNDS LIKE SHE HAS NOT DECIDED YET.

KEEP IN MIND, DONALD TRUMP HAD, YEARS, TO DECIDE WHO EMPTED TO BE AS HIS RUNNING MATE THIS TIME AROUND AND KAMALA HARRIS HAS HAD TWO EEKS SO SHE REALLY HAS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE BUT SHE AND HER TEAM AND OF COURSE THE LAWYERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE ON ALL THESE POTENTIAL PICKS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF AROUND THE CLOCK WORK THESE PAST COUPLE WEEKS TO ANYTHING OUT WHO WILL BE THE BEST PICK.

>> Cathy: YOU HAVE DEEP MINNESOTA CITIES AND THERE ARE PLUSES AND MINUSES OF THE CANDIDATES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF GOVERNOR WALZ'S MINUSES?

>> HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF PLUSES, I WOULD SAY.

THE TWO MINUSES AS I LOOK AT THIS ARE, OBVIOUSLY, THE CIVIL UNREST THAT STEMMED FROM THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020, AGAIN IN INNESOTA, SO NOT THAT THE GOVERNOR IS IN CHARGE OF A CITY'S POLICE FORCE BUT IT STILL WAS DURING HIS TERM AS GOVERNOR AND OF COURSE THAT MOVEMENT AND NATIONAL UNREST THAT ACCOMPANIED SOME OF IT SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH TIM WALZ.

THE OTHER THING I SEE IS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER FINALISTS WOULD POTENTIALLY BRING A STATE WITH THEM THAT'S IN PLAY PRESIDENTIALLY.

MINNESOTA OF COURSE IS NOT AS SOLID BLUE AS IT ONCE WAS BUT IT'S STILL A PRETTY SECURE BLUE VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SO BY PICKING GOVERNOR WALZ, THERE WOULD BE LESS ADVANTAGE IN TURNING A STATE THAT COULD REALLY GO EITHER WAY.

>> Eric: THERE IS DATA, I THINK, THAT SHOWS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT OFTEN DOESN'T BRING MUCH TO THE TABLE AS FAR AS CARRYING A STATE.

IS THAT FAIR TO SAY, THAT THIS IS GETTING HYPE BEYOND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN IN NOVEMBER?

>> POTENTIALLY.

OBVIOUSLY, OHIO IS A PRETTY SOLID RED STATE THESE DAYS SO DONALD TRUMP, I DON'T THINK, WAS LOOKING TO PICK UP A STATE HE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE GOTTEN WITH HIS PICK OF JD.

VANCE, AND KAMALA HARRIS SO GO A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND THEY COULD GO IN A DEBATE HEAD TO HEAD.

THEY'RE BLUE COLOR ROOTS, THE CASUALNESS, THE MANNER OF SPEAKING SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS IN PLAY.

>> Cathy: YOU OBVIOUSLY ALL THE ATTENTION THAT GOVERNOR WALZ HAS GOTTEN HERE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS RAISED HIGHWAYS NATIONAL PROFILE AND I'M WONDERING HOW MIGHT THAT BENEFIT HIM IN THE FUTURE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WHEN HE SERVED IN CONGRESS, HE WAS WELL LIKED BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE WAS A FAVORITE AMONG COLLEAGUES ON CAPITOL HILL IN THE HOUSE.

HE WAS WELL-LIKED BY THE MILITARY, GIVEN HIS MILITARY BACKGROUND PERSONALLY BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE A HIGH PROFILE IN WASHINGTON.

THERE'S 435 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, 100 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SO CONGRESS MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON AREN'T THAT SPECIAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF THEM AND SOME PEOPLE, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR BEING ONE OF THEM, REALLY GET ON THE KIND OF WASHINGTON INSIDE THE BELTWAY PARTY SCENE AND THEY'RE SEE AND BE SEEN PEOPLE.

TIM WALZ WAS NOT THAT PERSON.

WHEN HE WAS IN WASHINGTON.

SO THIS ABSOLUTELY, EVEN IF HE ISN'T PICKED VERY SOON TO BE KAMALA HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE, THIS COULD ELEVATE HIM FOR THE FUTURE NATIONALLY.

>> Eric: I WONDER IF A -- IF THE HARRIS TICKET WINS, I WONDER -- AND HE'S NOT ON IT, I WONDER IF A ABINET OFFER MIGHT BE IN -- ASKING THAT WOULD HAPPEN?

>> OH, I'M SURE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE POTENTIALS WHO ISN'T PICKED IS THINKING ABOUT A CABINET POSITION, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE LOOKING AT A HOSE OF WHITE MEN AND UNDOUBTEDLY, KAMALA HARRIS WOULD WANT A DIVERSE CABINET SO PROBABLY A WHOLE BUNCH OF WHITE MEN AREN'T GOING TO BE THE ONLY PEOPLE SHE LOOKS TO FOR CABINET PICKS BUT OBVIOUSLY TIM WALZ IS SOMEBODY, LIKE DENNIS McDONELL, ALSO WITH MINNESOTA TIES, WHO COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SOMETHING LIKE VI SECRETARY.

>> Cathy: I KNOW YOU AND YOUR TEAM AT BLOOMBERG WILL BE BUSY DURING THE DNC.

WHAT STORIES WILL YOU BE LOOKING FOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL BE PART OF OUR TEAM THAT'S GOING TO CHICAGO TO COVER THE CONVENTION.

WHAT WE LOOK AT IN MY PART OF BLOOMBERG IS THE ELEMENT THAT RELATES TO CONGRESS, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW THE ICK AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND MOMENTUM FROM THAT AFFECTS THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND HOW ALL OF THAT IS AT PLAY IN THE CONVENTION.

OBVIOUSLY, BOTH CHAMBERS, ALONG WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, ARE UP FOR GRABS IN NOVEMBER SO A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING ASPECT OF PROSPECTS RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> Eric: ANGELA, SAY