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Vance was chosen by Trump to be his designated hitter on TV and he is ubiquitous on these Sunday shows and in interviews. He has been prepping, not just for the last week, but through these appearances, Walz has not,
I’m just a little worried about the expectations game at this point. I think people — yes, JD Vance has said some really, I think, disqualifying things about women and how he views people and their role in life. But he will be articulate and he will be prepared and he will be better than Trump was,
It’s interesting to me that the campaign has basically leaked over the last 24 hours, 'Well, he told us that he wasn‘t a good debater.' I mean, they‘re actively trying to lower expectation for Walz,
Tim Walz is the luckiest man in America because he gets to confront one of America's most reprehensible men tonight on behalf of decent people everywhere,
Tim Walz is great. He's smart and charming with a biting wit; and who could forget the couch joke from his first event with Kamala Harris?"
Tonight, JD Vance will almost certainly try to out-Trump Trump, setting himself up to be Trump's heir and likely Republican presidential candidate four years from now,
The vice presidential debate is mostly spectacle,
He should treat him with the contempt he deserves, and handle him like the malignant clown he is. Tonight is about humiliating someone who deserves the mockery and disdain he receives,
I think his weaknesses are that he's emotional. We've seen that on the campaign stage and I saw that in the third debate that I moderated,
Even when he was at the state fair last month, he really had this challenge with he got a question about the Middle East and they immediately cut it off,
He then didn't debate much more,
It will be the first time a lot of Americans see him, and I think they’re going to be very impressed with him, especially answering questions in that format,
Given that we're only likely to have one head-to-head match-up between the principal candidates and this is the last meet-up between the two tickets directly before the election, it heightens the importance and significance of this debate,
You look at everything he’s done since he was named as the candidate. He’s been preparing, he’s been talking with the press, he’s been out there, he’s been moving around and talking to the American voters. So, he’s very ready to have this conversation,
She wins every one."
What makes the Walz and Biden goofs so damning is that they puncture the pretense on which the Harris campaign is built,
The main focus – which I know JD is going to hit a home run on – is talking about those policies that voters care about,
Mr. Vance has an opportunity to do what Mr. Trump largely didn't in his Sept. 10 debate with Ms. Harris,