Two encouraging thoughts from me on the choice of Kamala Harris as VP.

1. She was the most progressive candidate among the credible finalists for VP.

2. She has improved drastically on all justice & policing-related issues since she was last District Attorney in 2011.

I have about 15 substantive critiques of Kamala's time as District Attorney of San Francisco. I'd give her a D+/C- for how harsh she was as DA.

That ended in 2011.

Every year, for the past 9 years since she left that position, she has gotten MUCH better on justice reform.

With that said, I actually think it took guts for Joe Biden to choose Kamala Harris.

She was a STRONG critic of him during most of the primaries. Maybe the strongest - on the Crime Bill, and a lot more.

He knew this, of course, but chose her anyway.

Among current United States Senators, I would rank Kamala Harris in the Top 3 on justice reform issues.

As we know, she has a mastery of the system, but has evolved and grown a great deal on this.

Her remarks on justice over the past 4 months were the best of ANY Senator.

That's it for me.

I am incredibly proud to see a brilliant Black woman, and HBCU grad, chosen as a Vice Presidential nominee.

I've done political work my whole life. It's rarely things dreams are made of.

Kamala Harris is the most progressive VP nominee in American history.