You’d think a guy who just spent the last two weeks or so coaching a fellow Republican ahead of a big debate would sound a lot more, uh, cheerful and optimistic than House Majority Whip Tom Emmer does about JD Vance’s showdown with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on CBS Tuesday.
In fact Emmer sounds just fucking pissed and defensive, bitching about how the election isn’t enough about the issues, when talking about it on CNBC this morning, like maybe the coaching didn’t go so well. Sucks for him. Anyway for his part Dem running mate Minnesota Gov Tim Walz seems to be undertaking a decidedly more deliberate expectations lowering campaign with multiple stories being planted saying he’s not all that great of a debater and gets defensive when confronted about his fuckups in private. The bottom line is Vance is vulnerable and can be destroyed.