• [O'Reilly Factor] Will The VP Debate Influence the Vote?

    From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 5 04:51:53 2016
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    "The answer is ... no. The American people will not change their votes
    based upon anything Mike Pence and Tim Kaine might say this evening.
    The two presidential candidates are so much larger than life that it
    all depends on them, not their seconds. In my lifetime, only Sarah
    Palin brought enough charisma to benefit her ticket. Other than that,
    the VP candidates have been pretty much used as surrogates. Does anyone remember what Joe Biden said to Paul Ryan or vice versa four years ago?
    So tonight's debate will be interesting because of the joust, but it
    will not influence the vote. So all eyes will turn to Sunday night,
    round two between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Polling this week
    is not good news for the Trump campaign. Many Americans apparently
    believe that Hillary Clinton won the first debate and she has gained in
    most of the polling. Also, Donald Trump remains on defense. While the
    Miss Universe thing is going away, the tax deal is big. As we reported
    last night, corporations take big losses all the time and that's what
    Mr. Trump did. The fact that he turned his companies around to make big
    profits is to his credit. But we all know that the two debate
    moderators - Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper - as well as Hillary
    Clinton herself, will try to paint Trump as a greed head who doesn't
    care about his country. That presents an interesting challenge to the candidate. Trump must calmly state his case, that his economic vision
    on taxes and everything else will benefit the country. If Donald Trump
    goes on the defensive and lashes out in any way at all, he will lose
    the second debate. And if that happens, well I think we all know how
    the November vote will turn out. But Mr. Trump is a talented
    communicator, so it would be foolish for anyone to count him out at
    this point. But he needs a big win on Sunday, not just holding his own.
    If that happens, the polls will turn around because Hillary Clinton
    still has not defined herself to independent American voters."

    The Factor invited reaction from Brit Hume. "The vice presidential
    debate could matter," he theorized, "because remember how many vice
    presidents have gone on to become president. So you may be getting an
    early audition for someone who may someday run for the Oval Office
    itself. And there is the possibility that one of these vice
    presidential candidates could open up a line of attack that will prove
    useful going forward. But beyond that, there has never been a case that
    I can think of that a vice presidential debate mattered in the
    election." The Factor regrettably added, "Almost 50% of the American
    population doesn't know who Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are."

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