If Vance continues to double down on lies about Haitian migrants in his state or if Walz manages to say something about abortion that Republicans will deem too extreme, that will further drive the conversation about those two principal candidates and shape the overall vibe of the election,
With Palin, many voters had questions about whether she was competent for the job,
I don't believe the polls when they say that we're up, I don't believe the polls when they say tied, I don't believe the polls that say that we're down. Our job is to win the trust of the American voters, not public opinion polls."
The only other person in negative net favorability territory is Dan Quayle back in 1988, with a -3 net favorability rating, if you know anything about VPs and the way that folks view them, you do not want to be in the company of Dan Quayle, JD Vance is in the company and is actually in a worse position going into his first debate than, of course, Dan Quayle was going into his first debate in 1988. And of course, that debate did not go very well,
Who do bettors think will win the first debate? In fact, they believe that Tim Walz is the favorite going into this first debate, JD Vance is actually the underdog, at least who the bettors think will win in those post-debate polls that we’ll obviously get later on,
The bottom line is JD Vance not very well liked going into this first debate, but he really has nothing to lose because he‘s already the least liked VP nominee going into his first debate. I mean, you can‘t get worse than last, so let’s see if you can come out tonight, maybe show the voters something that they haven‘t seen before and aren‘t expecting,
I don’t like that this is a fact of life."
Democrats, with ‘Coach Walz’ as VP pick, embrace political power of football."
Vance had better buckle up: His debate might go as badly as Trump’s."
Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate,
JD Vance has contributed to an overall sense that he and Trump hate women,
He can be chameleon-esque,
I don’t think it’s totally unappealing on paper,
Having to be saddled with all things Trump without having the charm and personality of Trump is really hard,
I think that if you look at Tim Walz’s favorability compared to JD Vance’s favorability, he’s more likable than JD Vance, he seems more personable than JD Vance, and these are all pluses for the Harris campaign,
What Walz has to do tomorrow is really let the American people know that he identifies with their struggles with respect to inflation, but at the same time tie Trump policies to why Americans are experiencing such high inflation,
Vance is fulfilling a role often played by vice-presidential candidates – attack dog carrying the nationalist populist message of Donald Trump,
The selection of Tim Walz as the vice-presidential nominee was sort of designed to help Kamala Harris reach midwestern voters – and midwestern white voters in particular. He’s the type of midwesterner that people can identify with,
He’s a strong person,
I had 24 kids in my graduating class. Twelve were cousins,