Arrogant Bastard
Banned
How, of all the races, is it possible to be undecided in this one?
And basically thirty days away, really wish they wouldn't vote.
How, of all the races, is it possible to be undecided in this one?
Most of Norwegian media seems to say Pence won. Even Klassekampen, a lefty newspaper says Pence won.
i basically agree with all of your postBasically, to the average viewer Pence won. But her's the problem, Pence was fighting the Battle--debating Tim Kaine directly--but Kaine won the war. What I mean by that is, the damage Tim Kaine did to the Trump Campaign will be lasting. He managed to reveal that Pence literally cannot defend his own parties nominee on the world stage. Pence had no answers for the things Trump has said, and at one point outright said "he's not a polished politician" which is the kind of thing that plays well to the Republican base, but for Moderate voters it's bad. Like, really bad. Now a lot of people were questioning this strategy, but I think it's because the Clinton Campaign doesn't think Hillary can go all in on attacking Trump in a debate like Tim Kaine can. Some of the points he brought up and Mike Pence didn't have answers for, will absolutely resurface in Sunday's debate.
The main thing about this is Pence's victory will be short lived. Reports are already coming out that Trump is not happy Pence "upstaged him", and once news networks start running their highlight clips, Kaine is going to sound like the definitive winner, because he has tons of good lines that just cut the Trump Campaign off at the knees. Kaine's main failing was that he was too anxious early on, and seemed almost Trump-esque for the first half of the debate, consistently interrupting Pence, who stayed pretty calm and collected during the whole thing. I will say, Pence maintained his cool, and he looked very professional compared to how Trump looked last week, and that might be why people feel like he won.
At the end of the day I can best describe it as Pence won the debate, and Tim Kaine didn't lose it. There were no "Gotcha" moments for Kaine, and he exposed a massive rift in the Trump Campaign, and kept the focus of the public on the people actually being voted for in November. Pence looked like a very respectable Republican Candidate, so people were alright with saying he won, but it's only because he was spending the entire time fighting against Kaine's attacks on Trump.
Basically, to the average viewer Pence won. But her's the problem, Pence was fighting the Battle--debating Tim Kaine directly--but Kaine won the war. What I mean by that is, the damage Tim Kaine did to the Trump Campaign will be lasting. He managed to reveal that Pence literally cannot defend his own parties nominee on the world stage. Pence had no answers for the things Trump has said, and at one point outright said "he's not a polished politician" which is the kind of thing that plays well to the Republican base, but for Moderate voters it's bad. Like, really bad. Now a lot of people were questioning this strategy, but I think it's because the Clinton Campaign doesn't think Hillary can go all in on attacking Trump in a debate like Tim Kaine can. Some of the points he brought up and Mike Pence didn't have answers for, will absolutely resurface in Sunday's debate.
The main thing about this is Pence's victory will be short lived. Reports are already coming out that Trump is not happy Pence "upstaged him", and once news networks start running their highlight clips, Kaine is going to sound like the definitive winner, because he has tons of good lines that just cut the Trump Campaign off at the knees. Kaine's main failing was that he was too anxious early on, and seemed almost Trump-esque for the first half of the debate, consistently interrupting Pence, who stayed pretty calm and collected during the whole thing. I will say, Pence maintained his cool, and he looked very professional compared to how Trump looked last week, and that might be why people feel like he won.
At the end of the day I can best describe it as Pence won the debate, and Tim Kaine didn't lose it. There were no "Gotcha" moments for Kaine, and he exposed a massive rift in the Trump Campaign, and kept the focus of the public on the people actually being voted for in November. Pence looked like a very respectable Republican Candidate, so people were alright with saying he won, but it's only because he was spending the entire time fighting against Kaine's attacks on Trump.
Basically, to the average viewer Pence won. But her's the problem, Pence was fighting the Battle--debating Tim Kaine directly--but Kaine won the war. What I mean by that is, the damage Tim Kaine did to the Trump Campaign will be lasting. He managed to reveal that Pence literally cannot defend his own parties nominee on the world stage. Pence had no answers for the things Trump has said, and at one point outright said "he's not a polished politician" which is the kind of thing that plays well to the Republican base, but for Moderate voters it's bad. Like, really bad. Now a lot of people were questioning this strategy, but I think it's because the Clinton Campaign doesn't think Hillary can go all in on attacking Trump in a debate like Tim Kaine can. Some of the points he brought up and Mike Pence didn't have answers for, will absolutely resurface in Sunday's debate.
The main thing about this is Pence's victory will be short lived. Reports are already coming out that Trump is not happy Pence "upstaged him", and once news networks start running their highlight clips, Kaine is going to sound like the definitive winner, because he has tons of good lines that just cut the Trump Campaign off at the knees. Kaine's main failing was that he was too anxious early on, and seemed almost Trump-esque for the first half of the debate, consistently interrupting Pence, who stayed pretty calm and collected during the whole thing. I will say, Pence maintained his cool, and he looked very professional compared to how Trump looked last week, and that might be why people feel like he won.
At the end of the day I can best describe it as Pence won the debate, and Tim Kaine didn't lose it. There were no "Gotcha" moments for Kaine, and he exposed a massive rift in the Trump Campaign, and kept the focus of the public on the people actually being voted for in November. Pence looked like a very respectable Republican Candidate, so people were alright with saying he won, but it's only because he was spending the entire time fighting against Kaine's attacks on Trump.
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
I feel like Kaine beat Trump, but Pence beat Kaine. It's weird. Pence would be a fine candidate, actually, he's remarkably un-hateable when he's on stage speaking.
Pence would be crushed if his actual record was attacked by someone better at debating than Kaine. He's a terrible man with some pretty awful legislation under his belt that isn't really defendable. A little bit of it came out when Kaine mentioned Pence's law being thrown out for being discriminating, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
But this wasn't Kaine vs Pence, it was Kaine vs Trump, and Kaine did fine with that.
I feel like Kaine beat Trump, but Pence beat Kaine. It's weird. Pence would be a fine candidate, actually, he's remarkably un-hateable when he's on stage speaking. I don't really agree with.... much of anything that he is saying, but he's passably respectful and charismatic.
Hell, Pence would have probably "lost" if Kaine was seriously going after his record. It's not like the polls said people thought Pence won by a landslide. Pence narrowly won on demeanor against an opponent who had a horrendous start and was spending most of the debate attacking someone else.Pence would be crushed if his actual record was attacked by someone better at debating than Kaine. He's a terrible man with some pretty awful legislation under his belt that isn't really defendable. A little bit of it came out when Kaine mentioned Pence's law being thrown out for being discriminating, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
But this wasn't Kaine vs Pence, it was Kaine vs Trump, and Kaine did fine with that.
I feel like anyone who knows Mike Pence hates Mike PenceDoes Indiana hate Pence? My friend is saying he wasn't going to get reelected so that's why he accepted the VP nom.
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
I'm convinced that line of attack would have improved Trump/Pence support amongst undecided conservatives.Pence has been just terrible on social issues.
Gay Marriage is a slam dunk.
I'd prefer to see more lines of, "Are you guys really considering voting for a ticket with a party that thinks homosexuality is a horrible sin?"
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Yeah, if you want to see conservative talking points and pro-Trump spin dismantled with lighting quickness.So I didn't get to watch this. Worthwhile?
Pence was looking towards the future and likely realizes the Trump ticket is screwed so he made himself look good and supported Conservative values and policies while doing the very minimal to back Trump but also making himself look good by not falling for any traps and keeping a calm, cool, level head the whole time. Trump got under a lot of peoples skin in the primaries if Pence had been there that may had not have happened, and if Trump runs again in another 4 or 8 years Pence will likely screw him over big time.
How can you even win a debate purely on style when you say almost nothing valid and fail to capably defend your candidate? Pundit class so far up its own ass on this.
People complain and become cynical about politics, then they fucking devolve into this reality show-esque grading on presidential debates, it's fucking maddening.
WORDS STILL MATTER, IDIOTS.
Evangelicals are already firmly in the Trump camp. The "undecided conservatives" are not them.I'm convinced that line of attack would have improved Trump/Pence support amongst undecided conservatives.
This is exactly the kind of ad I imagined based on how the debate went. Nice.Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Evangelicals are already firmly in the Trump camp.
White evangelical support is stronger for Trump than Romney, and it's gonna stay high. They don't like Trump, but they'll still vote for him.Is this actually true? I thought I've seen articles that a lot of Evangelicals are struggling with their decision.
Not that I think Clinton and Kaine should cater to them.
It's almost too easy
Kaine started off constantly interrupting Pence to call him out on random bullshit. Pence eventually got visibly uncomfortable because he had no answers to any of what Kaine was saying. Eventually Pence started interrupting just as much as Kaine did, and to "defend" Trump he either lied ("we never said that!" when they very obviously did), or he just straight up threw Trump under the bus (he admitted Trump was not "a polished politician" when defending one of his abhorrent statements).
Kaine was not aggressive in the way that Trump was aggressive. Kaine called out Pence on bullshit and made him squirm over and over as Pence continued to try to avoid defending Trump's shit. Trump, on the other hand, was aggressive by making clownshoes statements like "You've been fighting ISIS your whole life!", "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!", "WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS? WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS? WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?", and "I said very mean things to Rosie O'Donnell and she totally deserved it".
Because Trump was fucking stupid. The main takeaway from that debate wasn't Trump being aggressive, the main takeaway was Trump being an ignoramus.
The worst thing people are saying about Kaine is he was rude.
Because Trump was aggressive in the manner of a particularly stupid bull. He interrupted like a buffoon with nonsense, just yelling "WRONG" or dumb schoolyard crap.
Kaine interrupted, but it was with corrections or responses to what Pence was saying.
It absolutely was an issue. Go back in the thread to when the debate first started. Most of us were cringing so hard at Kaine's behavior.
However, Kaine ended up making really solid points, whereas Trump just spewed more lies.
These aren't the same people and there are different expectations. Trump's whole thing is being aggressive. His whole point of even doing these debates now is supposed to be appealing to the Independent voters not behind him and he went full Trump. It's a loss that he couldn't appear cool headed. Even Republicans continue to poll highly that Trump has a poor temperament. He failed to fix that image on the national stage.
Kaine was aggressive *and* and on point with arguments that were largely accurate and substantive. Pence was calmer but offering less substance and lied more frequently.
Being aggressive isn't necessarily an issue, by itself. Being aggressive only to cover for a lack of any substantive argument (like Trump did) is not a good look. And being overly aggressive when you also claim to have the best temperament, is even worse.
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Is this actually true? I thought I've seen articles that a lot of Evangelicals are struggling with their decision.
Not that I think Clinton and Kaine should cater to them.
Pence has been just terrible on social issues.
Gay Marriage is a slam dunk.
I'd prefer to see more lines of, "Are you guys really considering voting for a ticket with a party that thinks homosexuality is a horrible sin?"
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
Basically, to the average viewer Pence won. But her's the problem, Pence was fighting the Battle--debating Tim Kaine directly--but Kaine won the war. What I mean by that is, the damage Tim Kaine did to the Trump Campaign will be lasting. He managed to reveal that Pence literally cannot defend his own parties nominee on the world stage. Pence had no answers for the things Trump has said, and at one point outright said "he's not a polished politician" which is the kind of thing that plays well to the Republican base, but for Moderate voters it's bad. Like, really bad. Now a lot of people were questioning this strategy, but I think it's because the Clinton Campaign doesn't think Hillary can go all in on attacking Trump in a debate like Tim Kaine can. Some of the points he brought up and Mike Pence didn't have answers for, will absolutely resurface in Sunday's debate.
The main thing about this is Pence's victory will be short lived. Reports are already coming out that Trump is not happy Pence "upstaged him", and once news networks start running their highlight clips, Kaine is going to sound like the definitive winner, because he has tons of good lines that just cut the Trump Campaign off at the knees. Kaine's main failing was that he was too anxious early on, and seemed almost Trump-esque for the first half of the debate, consistently interrupting Pence, who stayed pretty calm and collected during the whole thing. I will say, Pence maintained his cool, and he looked very professional compared to how Trump looked last week, and that might be why people feel like he won.
At the end of the day I can best describe it as Pence won the debate, and Tim Kaine didn't lose it. There were no "Gotcha" moments for Kaine, and he exposed a massive rift in the Trump Campaign, and kept the focus of the public on the people actually being voted for in November. Pence looked like a very respectable Republican Candidate, so people were alright with saying he won, but it's only because he was spending the entire time fighting against Kaine's attacks on Trump.
Pence was looking towards the future and likely realizes the Trump ticket is screwed so he made himself look good and supported Conservative values and policies while doing the very minimal to back Trump but also making himself look good by not falling for any traps and keeping a calm, cool, level head the whole time. Trump got under a lot of peoples skin in the primaries if Pence had been there that may had not have happened, and if Trump runs again in another 4 or 8 years Pence will likely screw him over big time.
Great post but, holy shit, is there any truth to the bolded?
Team Clinton already cut an ad from the debate.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783645247247114240
How can you even win a debate purely on style when you say almost nothing valid and fail to capably defend your candidate? Pundit class so far up its own ass on this.
People complain and become cynical about politics, then they fucking devolve into this reality show-esque grading on presidential debates, it's fucking maddening.
WORDS STILL MATTER, IDIOTS.
Amazing how people can consider that you won a debate by doing nothing but denying indisputable facts with video evidence the entire time
Amazing how people can consider that you won a debate by doing nothing but denying indisputable facts with video evidence the entire time
I was just realizing another barb in all of this, Trump and Co are now hammering Kaine on interrupting. But that's the only tactic Trump has in a debate, he can't resist, they are falling into one more hypocrite trap. Amazing.
Kaine out did Trump by his own standards, toughness and aggression. But he did it with facts and intelligence. Trump must hate that. And secretly his supporters as well.
Exactly. He's his fucking running mate lol. Nothing gets that stain out.I don't buy this idea that Pence will be able to seperate himself from Trump for a future campaign, that ship has sailed.