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I saw it in there, but all the "kamala is going to crush pence" fantasizing is likely going to slam into a particularly unpleasant wall at the actual VP debates.

Kamala is an objectively bad debater; she was stilted and incredibly bad on her feet at every Democratic debate, indeed her awful performances are largely what killed her primary run in the first place... And Tulsi Gabbard of all people dealt the deathblow. Kamala goes completely out to sea when handling anything even slightly unprepared, and if her prepared remarks don't land she just repeats them, like the meme of the bird stand up comedian. Awkward laughter fills the gaps.

Mike Pence, for all that he believes insane things and is personally incredibly stupid, is actually pretty good at the forms of debate. Kaine vs Pence left Kaine looking like a total incompetent inadequacy, but where it broke from reality is it left Pence looking unflappable and competent. He's a former talk radio host, he's good on his feet when peddling lies and he's pretty much unflappable.

This is not a good combo if you like Kamala, at all. Or even if you dislike Kamala, but are prone to painful fremdschämen. It is extremely unlikely to result in the kind of knockout people are imagining it will.

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