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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I thought Pence did well.
He said what his supporters want to here and used the trump campaign talking points quite well. To the uneducated, I’d bet he was quite convincing. So I’m sure republicans bought it.
Harris did well to avoid looking bad by getting angry. She was calm and mostly on point.
But I would not call it a decisive victory for either side.
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Modern standards: Harris wins, but closer than expected. Reason: Pence wasn't an unhinged barbarian and played to his votership.
Traditional standards: Harris enviscerated. That was a textbook demonstration of veteran versus idiot.
Bottom line: you're 100% right. That's likely not a needle mover. We are at the point that people are comfortable settling into their own camps regardless.
Off hand: In a perfect world, that should be a learning lesson for all politicians going forward. Outside of this anomaly and context of Trump this was pretty well a masterclass of rhetoric disparity.