Boy, you’d think someone had just been elected president.

Perhaps it’s PPF (Pandemic-Protest Fatigue), but the 24-7s have been on Joe Biden’s choice for a running mate as if they’d just had their first orgasm — or abortion — depending on the crier.

Blues are radiating like first-time parents, and why not? Liberals haven’t had a ticket to get excited over in 7 1/2 years (name one thing about Tim Kaine other than he is a Senator who ran for Vice-President).

For the Reds, that child is Damian, a demon-spawn cross-pollination of socialism and anarchy. To embrace her is, literally, to “hurt God.”

Yet they seem to agree: Kamala is a risky choice. And I just don’t get it.

Sure, I guess it’s always risky in politics to suggest historical precedent. After all, something had to create precedent.

But perhaps it’s instructive to consider what the Democratic presidential ticket would have looked like if it had not included Kamala Harris.

After all, there have been just three political movements in America over the past half-decade. One was on the Republican side, two on the Democrat. And both parties had no choice but to acknowledge the great tailwind currents that propel them.

For the GOP, the political wave is Trumpism. He is the closest thing to an avatar Republicans have left that resembles the ideals they once held dear. Lawmakers have tried to resist that tailwind. They’re known as ex-lawmakers. Republicans will ride Trump’s coattails until the coat stops winning. When that happens, they will distance at O.J.-Simpson-speed.

For Democrats, the political wave has been two-fold: #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Both have drawn marches by the thousands, perhaps millions, and led the  Blue Tide in the election wins of 2018.

Those movements, however, lacked a face (a common lament for Dems).

Until now.

Who was going to be the face of #MeToo? A male, of any race? How about BLM? A non-African-American, of any gender? When you realize the nominee had to be a woman of color (an inevitable first for a changing nation), the choice seems less risky.

Particularly when you look at the notable contenders, namely Stacy Abrahms and Susan Rice. While both boast bona fides, only Harris has been through presidential politics, impeachment prosecution and has a law enforcement background. Imagine the criticism if Joe had not recognized the woman who famously undressed him during a presidential debate?

While Biden could have probably  picked a bowl of pudding as his running mate (#TeamTapioca) and still carried the ticket, the black vote was the Dems’ least certain base. Had Joe picked anyone not of color, what incentive would minority Americans have had to come out and vote, in a pandemic no less? How could Dems have claimed that change is nearby?

And let’s be honest: Dems had to take a risk.  We have picket-dimples in our ass from sitting on the fence so long.

Time to pick a side.