Last night, I said that Pence won. Although short on substance, he deflected Kaine’s attacks (and annoying interruptions) with a calm demeanor.  He didn’t win by much, but he won.

This morning and today, I would have to say that Kaine won.  I’m not flip-flopping — I still say that Pence won LAST NIGHT.  But the “next day story” is looking bad for Pence.  He is being exposed as a serial liar and a non-defender of Trump.  Whereas Kaine — well, all you can say about him is that he interrupted a lot last night.

This isn’t surprising.  Hillary’s debate victory was a bigger victory the following day, as the post-debate thoughts were compiled.  And even bigger the next.

I don’t think the VP debate will be a third or fourth day story.  For one thing, it’s… you know… a veep debate.  Also, there’s a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast.