Midwestern-nice VP debate yields restrained reactions for Walz and Vance

Midwestern-nice VP debate yields restrained reactions for Walz and Vance


More detailed policies and fewer made-for-TV zingers during Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate offered less opportunity for members of Congress to immediately go after Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) or Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). 

The candidates’ Midwestern-niceness and civil rhetoric underscored a contrast with the more tense and bombastic showing on display just weeks earlier between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Both men agreed with one another on — albeit minor — various issues and statements throughout the 90-minute event that was the first and likely last debate between them. 

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A flash poll of debate-watchers from host network CBS News found that 42% of those surveyed felt Vance won, 41% said Walz, and 17% called it a tie. An overwhelming majority — a

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