JD Vance, Tim Walz, and the VP Debate's Biggest Moments

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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With five weeks until the 2024 election, JD Vance and Tim Walz meet in New York for the year's only vice-presidential debate. In exchanges on the economy, immigration, abortion, and more, Vance looked calm and in command, while Walz sometimes appeared flustered and unsteady. But it remains to be seen whether this will move the needle for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Snakes, zombies, public speaking, the list of fears is endless.
0:04.6	But the real danger is in your hand when you're behind the wheel.
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0:11.2	Eyes forward, don't drive distracted.
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0:15.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:21.0	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.4	J.D. Vance and Tim Walls share the Vice Presidential debate stage in New York City.
0:29.9	Who got the best of this exchange and what can voters take away from the standout moments
0:35.0	on each side. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are
0:40.2	joined today by my colleagues, columnist Bill McGurn, and editorial board member,
0:45.1	Manet Uqué Barua, for 90 minutes on CBS and on the debate stage in Manhattan on Tuesday night, The running mates for Donald Trump and Tim
0:54.7	walls were prodded by the moderators and by each other on a range of policy issues.
1:00.3	It was a fairly substantive, fairly polite debate.
1:04.1	One of our analysts on the journal's website today
1:06.6	is calling it a very midwestern debate
1:09.0	between the Ohio senator and the Minnesota governor,
1:11.8	not an insult fest.
1:13.8	Bill, we can go through some of the specific highlights
1:17.2	in a moment, but what was your overall impression
1:21.0	of this
1:25.0	the exchange and which of these men got the better of it.
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