The vice presidential debate was an oasis of civility between the two candidates that masked deeper ideological conflicts.

“this debate was an oasis of Midwestern nice and just like Midwestern nice it was a mask covering deep-seated hatred and resentment”

Tim Walz should use the debate to contrast his own service record with JD Vance's political opportunistic behavior.

“I think the one place I would kind of go after JD Vance repeatedly is be like JD I was a teacher for many years I had a lot of students like you like kids who were in in a hurry to make a name for themselves and be someone and they were willing to say and do anything to get there”

JD Vance's performance was intended to repair his image rather than aid Donald Trump's candidacy.

“but it really was I think you see what J what JD mans felt like he was doing up there was this is how I wish Donald Trump existed this is the kind of politics I wish I was free to be able to practice without having to defend defend Donald Trump's words and deeds and I think that will do a lot to rep”

The vice presidential debate provided voters with important information despite pundits incorrectly judging it on style points.

“I do think that there is this huge gap between how the pundits assessed uh Vance's performance and how the voters did and it I think it speaks to the ways in the incorrect ways in which pundits judge debates we they are I mean media folks are all probably members of the same Debate Club that J JD Va”

Stephen A. Smith argues that both vice presidential candidates displayed commendable decorum, professionalism, and substantive engagement, which he found refreshing compared to recent presidential deb

“I can't say enough what a breath of fresh a last night was I can't say enough because the first order of businesses we have to applaud the decorum say what you want about JD vanin say what you want about Tim Walls what we saw were two competent educated smart individuals that showed up on Center Sta”

Chris Cuomo contends that the vice presidential debate was better than recent presidential debates because it featured civil discourse and more focus on issues.

“my first reaction appreciate the Civil discourse appreciate them treating each other like human beings appreciating them not playing us as suckers who thinks that we're just going to be afraid of the other side and not examine anything were there holes in each other's arguments uh yes and that's par”

The vice presidential debate was an inconsequential and largely worthless waste of time.

“Oh my God what an absolutely awful pathetic waste of time that was oh my God I cannot be alone in feeling this way”

The debate moderators were biased against JD Vance by fact-checking him while failing to do the same for Tim Walz.

“One of the moderators fact-checked Vance. They didn't fact-check Walls I don't think at all. And if they did, it certainly wasn't to this degree.”