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

[yourelection]

They're wearing Atlas colors lol

It is obviously a new trend.

[yourelection]

This constant interrupting getting to be a little much. I'm not sure this will work for him.

[yourelection]

This is hard to listen to. Kaine is a little too aggressive. I imagine a lot of viewers will be tuning out.

[yourelection]

I think Pence will win on points. Kaine has been able to land some punches but his constant interrupting has hurt him from the start. Pence appears more collected and able to counter attacks.

[yourelection]

Kaine has brought up the key points in this campaign--taxes, immigration, Donald's insults and discrimination toward women, Hispanics, and Muslims--and nothing Pence has said will quell voters' opinions on those. Pence has maintained his composure, which is a plus, but nothing he has said will undo Hillary's massive gains since the first debate.

Maintaining composure should not be underestimated.

[yourelection]

I wonder how many viewers actually will have stuck through this to the end.

[yourelection]

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

[yourelection]

I imagine if Kaine had retained composure he might have won this debate. He has had a lot of strong points. The constant interrupting and the way he has interrupted have been distracting and put him in the image of being nervous and not in command of the debate.

Pence has not really made any strong points at all, but by retaining composure, he has made the appearence that he is on top of the debate. This was especially so at the beginning.

It will be interesting to see how this will be spun by the media and the impressesion that prevails on twitter and other social media.

[yourelection]

Lol nobody cares about North Korea. Kim Jong Un is watching this and fuming!

chuckle :-)

[yourelection]

Not sure if I am looking forward to the media's expert's analysis of this debate.

[yourelection]

Pence is coming away from the debate as the winner. He has been described as pollished and Kaine was overly aggressive. It will be interesting to see what affect this will have on the race.

I good showing by Pence may not help Trump, but it could slow the slide Trump has been in.

More thought on the debate here: http://www.yourelection.net/2016/10/2016-vice-presidential-u-s-election-debate/