A smooth lie is still a lie. Vance is incredibly smooth but during those 90 minutes, he managed not to say anything memorable. There’s nothing clippable in what he said. They were just all smooth, bland lies.

Vance got outdone by Walz. He was relatable and delivered on the substance. He didn’t go in there to slay Vance, he went in there to show himself and he showed himself to be bipartisan. He showed himself to be reasonable. He showed himself to be practical.

A lot of people are complaining that he didn’t knock Vance out and that he wasn’t rhetorically cruel but that was not his job. It was obvious that his job was to sell Harris as president and he did that very well. He won the debate.