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JD Vance won the debate, but it probably will not matter

His performance offers a clue to the future of the Republican party
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"}],[{"start":96.57000000000001,"text":"Nevertheless the vice-presidential encounter offered several pointers on the nature of this election. "},{"start":101.774,"text":"Three stood out. "}],[{"start":103.99000000000001,"text":"The first was Vance’s confidence and fluency. "},{"start":106.944,"text":"The Ohio senator also told some whopping lies. "},{"start":109.88700000000001,"text":"Of these, Vance’s claim that he had never supported a federal abortion ban and that Trump strengthened the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare”, were most egregious. "},{"start":118.84200000000001,"text":"Vance has consistently backed a national ban and other restrictions on women’s bodily autonomy. "},{"start":123.834,"text":"Trump tried to abolish the ACA multiple times. "}],[{"start":127.9,"text":"Vance also conspicuously dodged questions about whether the 2020 election was stolen. "},{"start":133.079,"text":"His evasions may come back to haunt him. "},{"start":135.484,"text":"Overall though, Vance evidently took on board widespread advice to come across as more likeable. "},{"start":140.852,"text":"The debate was a mirror image of last month’s Trump-Harris encounter. "},{"start":144.582,"text":"Both vice-presidential candidates were civil throughout. "}],[{"start":148.62,"text":"Second, Walz was nervous and often faltering. "},{"start":151.83700000000002,"text":"The Harris-Walz campaign has taken some pride in avoiding mainstream media interviews and press conferences. "},{"start":157.567,"text":"Walz’s exposure has mostly been in soft settings with friendly journalists. "},{"start":161.597,"text":"Vance, by contrast, has been touring the Sunday morning shows almost every week. "},{"start":166.439,"text":"His slick evasions and polished whataboutisms betrayed many hours of practice on live TV. "}],[{"start":172.63,"text":"The Harris-Walz campaign may come to regret their preference for gentler surroundings. "},{"start":177.309,"text":"America’s relatively small but potentially decisive share of wavering voters repeatedly tell pollsters that they want more information about Harris’s policies. "},{"start":185.427,"text":"That Trump has supplied much less policy detail is striking. "},{"start":188.90699999999998,"text":"But nobody said politics was fair. "}],[{"start":192.22,"text":"Finally, Tuesday night offered a glimpse into one of America’s possible futures. "},{"start":196.924,"text":"Given the running mates’ respective age differences with their bosses, Vance’s performance was more significant. "},{"start":202.554,"text":"At 40, he is barely half Trump’s age. "},{"start":205.284,"text":"The prospect that a second term Trump would yield to a Vance administration before it ends is significantly higher than that of Harris giving way to Walz, who is several months older than her. "}],[{"start":215.17,"text":"Vance conveyed Trumpism in its palatable form. "},{"start":218.212,"text":"He stood up for every tenet of Trumpism, including his refusal to accept that Biden won the 2020 election. "},{"start":224.242,"text":"But his mien was tempered and reasonable. "}],[{"start":227.36999999999998,"text":"Many Republicans last year invested great hope in Florida’s Ron DeSantis as the man who could uphold Trumpism without Trump. "},{"start":233.94899999999998,"text":"DeSantis turned out to be a dud in debates and on the hustings. "},{"start":237.25399999999996,"text":"Vance, on the other hand, has a future whatever happens next month. "},{"start":241.259,"text":"Liberals are right to fear Vance; he is a hardline Christian nationalist. "},{"start":245.35199999999998,"text":"After Tuesday night, however, they would be rash to dismiss him. "}],[{"start":249.2,"text":""}]],"url":"https://creatives.ftmailbox.cn/album/174068-1727953886.mp3"}

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