Bottom line time: No one was persuaded by Tuesday’s debate to desire that Tim Walz become president.

There’s one overriding issue when it comes to supporting a vice presidential candidate: is this a person we want to become president?

J.D. Vance came off as presidential.  Walz, at best, came off as a habitual liar (no, he was not in Tiananmen Square during the Communist Chinese massacre in 1989, as he claimed) and as a well rehearsed defender of Kamala Harris’s talking points, such as they may be.

Both men ultimately must judged on whether they are presidential material.  If Harris is elected, her Marxist-inspired policies will certainly lead to impeachment.  If Trump is elected, assassins aren’t about to stop trying to kill him.  Both candidates’ vice presidents stand a chance of becoming president.

If you talk to anyone about the debate (which I believe Vance handily won), ask whether Walz showed himself to be presidential material.  That should be the end of the discussion.

Mark Landsbaum is a Christian retired journalist, former investigative reporter, editorial writer, and columnist.  He also is a husband, father, grandfather, and Dodgers fan.  He can be reached at mark.landsbaum@gmail.com.

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