Source: In These Times
by Akil Vicks
“From a pure political horse-race perspective, many will come out of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate feeling like Republican nominee and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance ‘won’. He was the more polished candidate on stage, better suited to the format than his opponent. On the surface, he was able to articulate a more polished and substantive case for the Trump agenda than Trump has ever offered himself. There was very little trace of the ‘weird’ far-right nativist obsessed with childless cat ladies and imagined Haitian culinary traditions. Vance instead took advantage of CBS’[s] decision to (mostly) not fact-check in real time as he presented a version of conservative economic populism undergirded by a foundation of lies, half-truths and selective omissions. It seems unlikely that this debate will move the needle significantly in either candidate’s favor. Vice-presidential debates seldom do.” (10/02/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/election-vice-presidential-debate-vance-walz-populism