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I'd love a VP debate. Harris would destroy Vance. She was a prosecutor. She can think on her feet. A debate would be right in her wheelhouse.
I mean....maybe? I was just discussing that with Albabywife yesterday. I'm not so sure. A political debate isn't like a cross-examination - it isn't even like an ordinary debate. Harris did well in the first Democratic primary debate, but wasn't especially sharp in the next two.
Where she got into trouble, IIRC, was playing defense. Harris' days as a prosecutor are good training for landing a punch - but she's not used to defending herself. She had trouble when she was on the receiving end of a tough question.
Vance is smart and quick on his feet, so he's not likely to be a pushover. He held his own in his Senate debates, even though Ryan went at him guns a'blazin' - because he's really effective at dodging and changing the subject. Which is something prosecutors never have to deal with, because they have a judge to step in and force the witness to answer their questions.
It's a fun fantasy, imagining Harris cross-examining Vance like he was a witness squirming on the stand - but it probably won't happen that way. And Harris might have her own problems handling incoming fire from Vance on the border (which she was put point on), inflation, and (ironically) on crime - because she has to toe a fine line on that issue. If the Veep debate is before the second Presidential one, she also may have a tough time responding to questions about Biden's fitness.
