After Tuesday's debate, media elites announced that vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) was the undisputed winner of his match against running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). I admitted something.
Ahead of the debate, members of the media seemed to believe Vance would do well, given his disappointing loss in the 2022 Republican Senate primary. Vance's performance met their expectations.
“Vance's dominant debate performance shows why he is President Trump's running mate” Ross Douthat of the title be new york times column:
Vance's performance includes a self-conscious humanization, an attempted reintroduction to a blue-collar background, and an impressive personal biography weeks after an effective attack by Democrats on right-wing comments on his podcast. It includes carefully rhetorical tap dancing and policy jujitsu on issues like climate change and abortion. But for the most part, it's little more than an effective prosecution of the case against the Biden-Harris administration, relentlessly focused on making viewers nostalgic for the economy, the immigration situation, and the Trump administration's relatively benign foreign policy. was focused.
Of the 12 voters who were leaning toward former President Donald Trump and former President Vance before the debate, five said they would “definitely” vote for Trump after the debate. Seven people said they would probably still vote for Trump.
Of the nine voters who were leaning toward Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz before the debate, six said they would definitely support Harris after the debate. Two people said they would probably vote for Harris. One of them likely switched to supporting Trump.
Finally, of the two undecided voters before the debate, one said she would probably vote for Harris and the other said she would vote for a third-party candidate.
CNN's panel confirmed that Vance said: landed During the debate, Harris suffered several devastating blows, leaving Walz unable to respond.
“When J.D. Vance said one of the many things that really criticized Kamala Harris, not Tim Waltz, he said, [Walz] He didn't react because he was obviously thinking in his mind,” CNN anchor Dana Bash said.
“I agree,” anchor Jake Tapper said. “So J.D. Vance is much more experienced when it comes to public speaking, defending himself, and redirecting.”
new york magazine political columnist Jonathan Chait admitted Vance was “smart” and “confident.”
“This was terrible and perfectly illustrated how slippery, dangerous, and unscrupulous Vance is,” Chait said in attacking him without evidence. “But for most of the night, Waltz could barely keep up with him.”
Scott Jennings, CNN senior political commentator, declared in Los Angeles Times Column: “JD Vance definitely won his debate with Tim Walz.''
“Vance has delivered admirably,” he wrote, adding:
As issue after issue arose, Mr. Vance delivered a smooth, well-structured argument while Mr. Walz, like an online video struggling to buffer on a slow Wi-Fi connection, I often gave confusing answers. Not since Admiral James Stockdale gave his famous “Who am I and why am I here” speech has a vice presidential candidate strayed so far from his thinking. line in the 1992 campaign.
Farrah Griffin, a former White House communications director and Trump hater, acknowledged that Vance's performance showed he is an “incredibly effective communicator.”
