Is Tim Walz a progressive or a centrist — or both?

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have their fair share of disagreements about policy and politics.

But they both agree that Tim Walz is an excellent vice presidential nominee.

“Gov. Walz is the real deal,” Manchin gushed, saying he’d “bring balance back to the Democratic Party.”

Walz is “a uniter for not just the Democratic Party but for the entire United States,” Ocasio-Cortez claimed.

The fact that Walz appeals to two of the most ideologically disparate Democrats (or former Democrat, in Manchin’s case) is encouraging to the party. But it also suggests the possibility that everyone is projecting their own agendas and expectations onto Walz — and that some people are going to be wrong.