More CNN numbers: Who better defended their running mate? 58-35 Kaine

[Renew Deal]

Who spent more time attacking? 76-14 Kaine
Who better understood the issues? 48-41 Kaine
Who was more likable? 53-37 Pence

[Quixote1818]

1. Thats all that really matters. Mission accomplished Kaine. nt

[stevenleser]

4. Exactly. nt

[uponit7771]

13. +1, even FAUX news said Kaine did what he was supposed to do and proffer tRumps stupid

[Blue Idaho]

2. Want to work on Pence's likeability?

Just keep playing his stance on abortion over and over again...

[Hortensis]

19. How strange that Pence came over as more likable.

Truly. Kaine has a great advantage there normally.

[Adrahil]

22. Just interview people from Indiana.

He is a vindicitive, condescending little asshole.

[anneboleyn]

23. EXACTLY. Pence's own lieut. gov. mentions Mitch Daniels not Pence in campaign ads

Pence would not have won reelection in Indiana. People loathe him for among other things the disastrous "religious freedom" nonsense that killed the state economically.

[Adrahil]

25. He also didn't mention....

How public schools here continue to have money funnel away in favor of his voucher program, our roads are a goddammed disgrace, some school systems can't afford to bus their kids, and how he systematically disenfranchised voters by removing power from democratically elected State Superintendent oF Schools in favor of his appointed board.

Oh yeah, and he used campaign funds for personal expenses in his first campaign.

He is a fucking dirt bag.

[anneboleyn]

24. EXACTLY. Pence's own lieut. gov. mentions Mitch Daniels not Pence in campaign ads

Pence would not have won reelection in Indiana. People loathe him for among other things the disastrous "religious freedom" nonsense that killed the state economically.

[stevenleser]

3. And that's a perfectly executed debate plan by Kaine.

Win one for the team, not yourself

[Coyotl]

9. Kaine treated trump like a pinata.

[blue cat]

28. Love it!

[book_worm]

5. Kaine did the job a VP is supposed to do--be an attack dog

Pence was looking to 2020.

[tammywammy]

6. Agreed.

He can't defend Trump and knows it.

[SunSeeker]

18. Pence was looking out for Pence, not Trump.

He did not even try to defend Trump's actual words. He just lied and said Trump never said them. That way, Pence is not on record defending those words. It appears Pence was thinking ahead toward 2020. Either that or he is completely detached from reality. Or both.

[BainsBane]

7. Interesting.

That's how I would have answered those questions.

[yardwork]

26. You thought Pence was likable?

[BainsBane]

31. His demeanor was good

He lied non-stop, but that's their modus operandi now.

[yardwork]

32. He seemed shifty and evasive to me. Kept looking down.

[RBInMaine]

8. Gee you'd think the Repukes in that survey would have LOVED the attacking.

[Iliyah]

12. Its only cool when gopers are doing the attacking pursuant to their gawd.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. I'll take it. Talk for the next few days will be about Pence's lies & his run in 2020

That should drive Trump freakin' nutz.

[TomCADem]

11. And That Is The Bottom Line. (nt)

nt

[qdouble]

14. If we're going solely based on who was the most well behaved, then Pence won.

However, beyond that he did a poor job defending Trump, didn't say anything notable, nor did he levy any effective attacks against Hillary Clinton. In November, people are going to be choosing between Hillary and Trump, they're not going to be thinking about the interruptions that occurred in a debate that the vast majority of voters didn't watch. In defending or boosting Trump's status or attacking Hillary, Pence failed. So overall, I'd call it a wash.

[JI7]

15. Kaine did what Biden and Gore did and what Lieberman and Edwards did not do

[AgadorSparticus]

16. I can't see this sitting well with Trump. Getting my popcorn ready for the next twitter storm

[ffr]

17. I can stare too and be more likeable, but VPs are suppose to be likeable.

They're suppose to defend the top of the ticket forcefully. Kaine dominated Pence.

Masterclass!

[yellowcanine]

20. To be fair, Pence did get in the "Mexican Thing" line.

[Gothmog]

21. I love this hat

[Coyotl]

30. Love it!

A Trump pinata, and beat the crap out of it.

[EV_Ares]

27. Exactly, CNN is way more factual than MSNBC & does better analysis of matters.

[Mamajami]

29. Actually, only one VP candidate defended his running mate: Kaine

Pence couldn't and didn't defend Trump for the most part.