By being reasonable, polite, and focused on policy issues, Trump’s running mate won the Vice-Presidential debate hands down
Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance handed in a bravura performance in his debate with his Democrat counterpart Tim Walz this week.
The debate was full of surprises – including the fact that the confrontation between the two politicians amounted to something approaching a genuine political debate. Even more surprisingly, it was an extremely civil and polite exchange.
In the Trump era this is an unexpected and rare occurrence. Trump is incapable of seriously debating policy issues – instead he simply abuses and insults his political opponents.
But Vance and Walz managed to engage in a policy debate of sorts and neither candidate stooped to crude personal attacks.
The most surprising aspect of the debate was that a radically new version of J.D. Vance appeared on stage – and the transformation was quite…