What Went Down During The Vice Presidential Debate

The topic turns to the economy. The last jobs report before the election was overshadowed last Friday by the news of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis. But it might not have had much of a political impact anyway — because it showed that the economy is continuing to recover (albeit slowly) but levels of unemployment are still high, which means that partisans can basically look at it and see what they want to see.

I don’t know, I’d say Pence’s strategy might just be trying to gaslight people into projecting some sense of normalcy, which might work for 90 minutes but won’t work when Trump goes on some 47-tweet tangent 2 minutes after the debate ends.

So there’s not as much interrupting tonight, but there is A LOT of not answering the question. I’m curious if people think it’s Page’s job to try to refocus the conversation on the questions she asks. Because as is, the candidates can really just talk about whatever they want, whether or not it’s been asked.