Pakman posted a piece, echoing other pundits, that Vance is being thrown under the bus. I would suspect that, as Trump the Glorious and Divine, snuggles with fundy whacks, Vance's mixed race, mixed religion, and supposed Catholic faith, are becoming liabilities.

Rubio hosted a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors in DC. The ambassadors agreed to meet again, somewhere, sometime. I can't tell if the bar was set low enough for the event to be deemed a "success", as opposed to Vance's failure. Interestingly, while Rubio was raised Catholic, he also attends a Southern Baptist "mega church" in Miami. I don't know if that would be enough to pass muster with the fundy whacks, to clear his promotion to VP. Mike Johnson appears to have pure fundy whack credentials, and, to my knowledge, has never been accused of thinking for himself, vs parroting Trump the Most Divine.

Steve