As Kamala Harris narrows down her choices to be running mate, here is who Republicans REALLY fear on the ticket in the battle with Trump

It is veepstakes play for Democrats arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris looks to find a moving mate successful nan mad-dash earlier Democrats request to officially nominate their statesmanlike and vice statesmanlike candidates. 

Harris secured capable Democratic delegates to go nan presumptive statesmanlike nominee earlier this week, but Democrats person fixed themselves an August 7 deadline for delegates to ballot connected nan statement nominees to make judge they get connected nan ballot successful each authorities successful November.

Roughly a twelve names of salient Democrats including governors, lawmakers and different officials are included among those being vetted to beryllium Harris' number two. 

But among Republicans, location are respective names connected nan vetting database that they find peculiarly formidable arsenic nan vice president's moving mate arsenic she looks to return connected Donald Trump this fall. And 1 sanction successful peculiar stands out.

'To beryllium honest, my main guidance to nan database that's being vetted is really beardown nan scope of options is,' said Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist and erstwhile spokesperson to Mitt Romney's 2012 statesmanlike campaign. 

'Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro, Roy Cooper, Andy Beshear each bring complementary profiles and skills to nan ticket,' Madden said. He said individual relationships an and spot factors should still beryllium nan main consideration. 

Republican strategist Matt Wolking believes Shapiro and Kelly are nan astir formidable candidates successful nan moving for vice president, but he noted choosing Kelly would unfastened up a Senate spot successful nan battleground authorities of Arizona should Democrats triumph nan election. 

Democrats mightiness not want to chance that pinch specified a tight Senate majority. 

'I deliberation nan crippled comes down to Michigan and Pennsylvania,' said seasoned governmental strategist Ed Rollins told DailyMail.com.  'You don't triumph those two, you don't go credible.' 

Rollins, who was down President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign, said because of that, Shapiro aliases Whitmer would some beryllium awesome choices for Democrats.

'Shapiro is not arsenic experienced, but he knows really to win,' Rollins said. 

'Ever since 40 years agone erstwhile I ran Reagan's campaign, Pennsylvania was nan past authorities to travel in, truthful it's a reliable state, and it's going to beryllium a reliable authorities again. And if you don't triumph Pennsylvania, it makes it atrocious difficult to get to 271.' 

'If I were moving this campaign, which evidently I americium not, I would attraction connected making it for illustration gubernatorial races successful those 3 aliases 4 states that matter,' he added. 

Rollins said putting a battleground authorities Democratic politician connected nan summons wouldn't automatically make a difference, but it would apt beryllium nan champion prime to thief Democrats. 

He pointed retired group don't extremity up voting for nan vice president, but it makes a quality astatine this shape for candidates to prime personification voters judge could beryllium president if thing were to hap and that's nan eventual period astatine this time. 

GOP Strategist Scott Jennings agreed. 

'Shapiro.' he responded erstwhile asked who would beryllium nan astir formidable moving mate. Why? 'Talent. Pennsylvania,' he added.

But Jennings said location would beryllium different important facet if Harris chooses Shapiro.

'It would beryllium a activity infinitesimal for Harris to show nan rampant anti-Semite and anti-Israel elements of her conjugation to lb sand,' he argued. 'I would beryllium impressed if she did.' 

Whether aliases not Shapiro is nan vice president's pick, he's already hitting nan run way for nan presumptive Democratic statesmanlike nominee. 

On Saturday, nan Pennsylvania politician is headed to Carlisle, PA adjacent nan State Capitol successful Harrisburg to footwear disconnected a play of action for Democrats to people 100 days until nan election. 

More than 8,000 group successful nan Keystone authorities person signed up online to unpaid successful nan authorities for Harris since Sunday, according to nan campaign. 

Shapiro won nan governors title successful Pennsylvania successful nan 2022 midterms pinch much than 56 percent of nan vote. 

In 2020, he ran up of Biden erstwhile seeking reelection arsenic Attorney General. And successful 2016, he won nan Attorney General title successful nan state, contempt Trump winning Pennsylvania astatine nan apical of nan ticket.