What Walz brings and has displayed to the country as he's been a campaigning mofo is he's a folksy speaker with an extremely effective communication style.
He's also very effective as a political communicator that understands the power of relatable conversation, which is his core as a politician.
He was the one that knew that you don't call asshole, bully, insecure wannabe facists mean or evil....you call them out for being social creepy weirdos and refuses that those beliefs pushed by the extreme right has no consensus because their just weird, creepy insecure beliefs that don't sit or represent the American spirit.
Anyway, effectively explaining why the awkward stuff that Trump declares is just weird talk hurts Trump than saying that he's an asshole.
Walz gets that and has masterfully used that to the point that it's had a greater public impact than calling Trump a mean asshole.
That's how you deal with narcissistic power hungry craven dudes, just highlight and explain how f#$king weird they are.
Another great example was when he was asked to comment on the Kamala race, birther stuff Trump and the right has been going back to.
He brilliantly said 'of course he did, he can't help himself. It is who he is.'. Which is so much more effective than saying he's mean and a racist. Walz didn't act offended, he acted that he wasn't surprised at all.... basically letting the audience bring in the misogyny and racist claim while also priming the audience to look for it and expect it....so when he goes there it's just proof that he is the dumb weird incompetent and insecure loser that he is.
That's how you communicate and campaign.
My other favorite was he was asked about this mention of eliminating the dept of education. He laughed and said he was a small town kid who graduated from a high school that had around 500 total students. The proposal is to privatize our education. Walz was 'do you think venture capitalists are going to support small town rural communities that aren't large enough to turn a profit? Of course not. That's what the department of education role is to guarantee all of our children have equal access to a good school. It's what Americans believe and stand for.'
Again very folksy, small town makeup but is next level when it comes to how to politically communicate and relate to a voter base.
Shapiro's issue is he has terrible numbers from gen Z as he comes across as overly ambitious and too slick. I don't know his back story but I do know my niece and nephew who both just graduated from college despise him politically, but I don't know why other than past Israeli ambitious and war mongering comments?
The Shapiro concern from what I know is youth left vote hate him and I guess he has some comments that greatly offends a big chunk of people that could hurt Michigan but, I thought he was a done deal but happy for Walz only because I've seen Walz campaign and he communicates so effectively while understanding how to communicate and adjust to the audience at a high level.
All while being a folksy, ex school teacher, ex football coach, ex military and ex small town kid.
He knows how to relate and communicate issues that people he's relating to are going through.
He's a campaign super star communicator. That's why he was picked in my POV.
