…bears a certain resemblance to Andy Serkis’s Gollum. There’s no debating this. This may not be a fair or kindly observation, but it’s certainly a valid one. And if you think Average Joe voters won’t come to the same conclusion you need to sit down and think again.

A former astronaut and the husband of former U.S. Senator Gabby Giffords, Kelly is a thoroughly decent and respectable fellow but in my humble opinion he’s more than a little unexciting. This plus the Gollum thing means Harris should perhaps think twice about picking him. Nobody wants a bald, pointy-eared gremlin one heartbeat away from the presidency.