Longwood University Vice Presidential debate @ 9pm ET **live commentary thread**

[Mike88]

Kaine is succeeding in defending Clinton and attacking Trump. Pence cannot even muster a coherent defense against Tax Evader McPorn Star.

Agree! Kaine isn't doing very good but he's defending his candidate, Pence not. Period

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Elaine: We have a crisis in feral cat overpopulation in this country.  What would your administration do to help the cute kittens?

Kaine: Well, by not praising Vladimir Putin and refusing to pay taxes, like Trump does.  Trump doesn't pay his taxes, which means he hates kittens.

[Saint Milei]

Kaine thinks allies like SK and Japan shouldn't have nukes? LMAO

They shouldn't. You have no understanding of the deep-seated rivalries in East Asia. Giving Japan and SK nukes with China already nuclear-armed is lighting a match to kerosene

Lol at thinkint the U.S. has a right to prevent sovereign, allied nations from having nukes. I'm sorry you are an internationalist warhawk that thinks Japan, SK, and China cannot work their own problems in a rapidly globalizing world. You do not have any idea how disrespectful and hypocritical it is for us to have nukes, when we have rivalries with China and Russia, but won't allow our Asian allies to do the same. Don't respond kid

[Green Line]

Yup, Kaine has taken control of this one.

Not even close.. what debate are you watching? He doing awful.

[Illiniwek]

Choosing this over the Wild Card Game was a poor decision.

[Fusionmunster]

Pence is performing better but that means nothing when you cant even defend the top of the damn ticket.  

[JerryArkansas]

Yup, Kaine has taken control of this one.

Not even close.. what debate are you watching? He doing awful.

At least he can defend his nominee, unlike someone.

[Saint Milei]

No1 cares when Kaine interrupts Pence. They only care when Pence does it because he's on Trump's ticket. He still lacks composure and he's acting like more of a child than Pence

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Dude just blatantly lies and interrupts.

That describes the two VP candidates

[Buzz]

This has been a huge Pence win, but as said earlier, won't matter

[Higgs]

I can't wait til the poll comes out. If Kaine wins it this truly is a testament to Atlas' bias.

[ag]

Kaine thinks allies like SK and Japan shouldn't have nukes? LMAO

They shouldn't. You have no understanding of the deep-seated rivalries in East Asia. Giving Japan and SK nukes with China already nuclear-armed is lighting a match to kerosene

Lol at thinkint the U.S. has a right to prevent sovereign, allied nations from having nukes.

Ever heard of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty?

Actually, have you every heard about international relations before tonight?

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

what's aleppo

Why isn't your avatar Libertarian?

what's avatar

that D-PA thingy

[Gass3268]

Yup, Kaine has taken control of this one.

Not even close.. what debate are you watching? He doing awful.

Pence isn't defending his boss, Kaine is. That is the job of the VP.

[PeteB]

With all due respect, Pence is driving his points (whatever you may think of them) while Kaine seems all over the place. He really should focus on Trump's biggest faults, not try to rebutt everything Pence says.

And FTR, whoever convinced Trump to pick Pence was smart. He is definitely helping him.

[Yank2133]

Kaine thinks allies like SK and Japan shouldn't have nukes? LMAO

They shouldn't. You have no understanding of the deep-seated rivalries in East Asia. Giving Japan and SK nukes with China already nuclear-armed is lighting a match to kerosene

Lol at thinkint the U.S. has a right to prevent sovereign, allied nations from having nukes. I'm sorry you are an internationalist warhawk that thinks Japan, SK, and China cannot work their own problems in a rapidly globalizing world. You do not have any idea how disrespectful and hypocritical it is for us to have nukes, when we have rivalries with China and Russia, but won't allow our Asian allies to do the same. Don't respond kid

Lmao.

You clearly have no clue about the tensions in Asia. SK and Japan having nukes would be disastrous for global peace.  

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

[GeorgiaModerate]

Pence is performing better but that means nothing when you cant even defend the top of the damn ticket.  

This, I think, is going to be the biggest takeaway of the night.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

This is the same forum that thought Rubio and Kasich won every GOP debate, right?  There you go.

[Kleine Scheiße]

what's aleppo

Why isn't your avatar Libertarian?

what's avatar

that D-PA thingy

what's thingy

also because i'm not a libertarian

[Koharu]

If Kaine could keep his mouth shut when it's not his turn, he'd be winning. But he can't, so he's not.

Also, overall, I feel most of this is not relevant to what most Americans care about in regards what will affect their vote.

[dspNY]

Kaine recovering really well in the second half of the debate. I think he was put off at how calm Pence was, but just kept hammering away and forced Pence to decouple himself from Trump too much

[yourelection]

Just realized that I have inadvertently stopped listening. Did I miss anything?

[Fargobison]

This has been a huge Pence win, but as said earlier, won't matter

Not really, because of Trump Pence is stuck in an unwinnable situation. He can't defend him and isn't really even trying other then shaking his head in disbelief.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I think Kaine's strategy is to go for broke because he realizes not many people are going to have watched the whole debate. If he goes kitchen sink, there's more of a chance he'll have more strong moments and that they'll be replayed by the media.