After Democrats reportedly told President Joe Biden to step out of the race, now they might be signaling to Vice President Kamala Harris that Sen. Mark Kelly, R-Ariz., is their running mate of choice because he could help the campaign on the troubling border issue.  It would not be good to be associated with Harris - bad for political future.

     "He would add a lot of value," Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, told Politico. Kelly is a former NASA astronaut, Navy pilot, and the husband of gun-control advocate Gabby Giffords, who survived an attempted assassination.  The border, military service, and the assassination attempt on the life of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were are top-line issues Saturday at the St. Cloud, Minnesota, campaign rally.  Harris is being hit politically for her role as President Joe Biden's border czar, and Kelly is a border Democrat who has pushed the administration on the issue.

     Kelly "knows the border well," Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told Politico.  Kelly and fellow swing state Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are the two front-runners to be Harris' running mate, according to 30 Democrat lawmakers and senior aides to Politico.  "Wow, man, this guy knows what he's talking about," Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., said of Kelly, who joined him on a Mexico City trip to talk border security with the border country's president.

     If Kelly is pulled out of his Senate seat, Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs would be granted the authority to pick his successor, which is a "concern," but not the priority, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., told Politico.  "I think all of us understand that first, last and always — what's going to help us win the presidency?" he said. "That's what we have to do.