Joe Biden’s short list for his running mate has apparently narrowed to just 10 candidates, and Kamala Harris is near the top.

On paper, that makes sense. She’d be the first black and Indian-American vice president — as well as the first woman. She’s the most senior black woman in the running and the only black woman in the Senate. She checks all the demographic boxes required to satisfy a base obsessed with identity politics. She would also be a colossal gift to the Trump campaign.