JD Vance and Tim Walz debate, Letters

The Concern: The vice presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance.

Regardless of the cleverly rigged questions posed by the CBS moderators to drive a wedge between Sen. J.D. Vance and his working mate, former President Donald Trump, the rising GOP star mopped the ground with Gov. Tim Walz (“The Debate’s No. 1 Lesson,” Editorial, Oct. 3).

Vance was cool as a cucumber as he adroitly, and eloquently, drove residence how the Biden-Harris management has led to home chaos and American decline on the world stage.

Alternatively, Walz, who wears his outdoorsman persona on his sleeve, had the look of a deer in headlights for many of the debate. Small marvel that Coach Walz’s closing play was the Harris-Walz marketing campaign’s vacuous “politics of pleasure” Hail Mary move.

James Hyland

Beechhurst

To this reader, one factor turned overwhelmingly obvious all through your entire vice presidential debate: With out query, every of the VP candidates is way superior to the highest of their respective tickets.

In comportment, know­ledge of the problems and engendering belief, there isn’t a comparability to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

People yearn for a return to civility in nationwide politics — Tuesday evening’s debate was the embodiment of such. Politics apart, an awesome job by J.D. Vance.

Anthony Parks

Backyard Metropolis

As we sometimes see in debates, each Vance and Walz danced across the questions, usually failing to offer direct solutions, however the occasion was a shock for a lot of causes.

The general public noticed a special model of Vance within the one and solely debate he and his opponent will take part in previous to subsequent month’s election. We noticed a peaceful, cheap and respectful man whom one might like, in distinction to his working mate.

In Tim Walz, in the meantime, we noticed a person who appeared tense and edgy, fairly than the folksy charmer he’s identified to be.

The controversy format labored to the benefit of Vance. It’s clearly one thing with which he’s snug.

How a lot will this occasion transfer the needle? Most likely little, if in any respect, but it was an enlightening funding of 90 minutes for the voters.

Oren Spiegler

Peters Township, Pa.

Nicely, vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz proved he was a “knucklehead” not solely when he referred to as himself one, however all through the talk with Vance, as he stumbled and mumbled constantly and at occasions appeared incoherent

Poor Harris. That is your decide for VP? What had been you considering? Simply because he’s a mid-westerner doesn’t make him worthy of the workplace. The person is a confirmed liar and a knucklehead, and as governer, he let Minneapolis burn whereas he sat on his butt.

Vance was calm, cool and picked up — and a gentleman all through the talk. He might have attacked Walz on many events however selected to not. He was the winner of the talk and can hopefully win in November.

Richard A. Ketay

Newark, NJ

If Tuesday evening’s debate was a soccer sport, then Staff Vance, powered by oratory abilities alone, clearly was forward on the half. Fortunately, soccer is a sport of second halves. That’s when Staff Walz, lead by a savvy coach, scored a number of unanswered factors in a come-from-behind victory.

Switching gears, the everyday mantra for a vice presidential debate is “do no hurt.” Provided that Vance did not reply so many questions, my guess is Trump really may must debate Harris a second time. If that occurs, then I’d name their subsequent meet-up actually a Tremendous Bowl.

Denny Freidenrich

Laguna Seashore, Calif.

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