memeorandum: Trump's ageing is as real as Biden's (Edward Luce/Financial Times)

11:45 AM ET, October 2, 2024

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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:

The One Question That Mattered in the VP Debate — IN TUESDAY NIGHT'S VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, JD Vance and Tim Walz covered lots of issues: inflation, housing, guns, abortion, immigration, health care, and much more. — But there was only one question on which the vice presidency …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story and Democrats

CBS News:

CBS News VP debate poll shows voter reactions to Vance-Walz showdown — In the first — and likely only — vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, voters who watched Tuesday night said it was an almost even match, and an overwhelming majority felt the tone of the debate was positive.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Scripps News, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Daily Caller News Foundation, No More Mister Nice Blog, Reuters, The Daily Beast, El País, The Guardian, Washington Post, USA Today, Newsbusters, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times

Melanie Mason / Politico:

Dead even: POLITICO snap poll shows stark division on debate — The results reflect the country's hyper-polarized politics. — Talk about a divided nation: There was no decisive winner in the first-and-only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election. — Asked who won Tuesday's debate …

Discussion: The Hill, Townhall, New Republic, The Guardian and The Daily Beast

Vox:

3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate — The vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday was something of a stalemate, though it did feature several striking moments and offered an interesting preview into what presidential politics might look like once Donald Trump is off the stage.

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, NBC News, ABC News, Irish Examiner, ME, New Jersey Online and Florida Phoenix

Zack Beauchamp / Vox:

The only moment from the VP debate that mattered — At the end of the vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz asked Sen. JD Vance a pointed question: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Vance's response: “Tim, I'm focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking …

Discussion: Civil Discourse …, CBS News, The Daily Beast, NPR, Newsbusters, The Atlantic, The Verge, Raw Story and Scripps News

Politico:

The big VP debate takeaway: Neither candidate delivered the goods — Walz and Vance played defense for the presidential nominees. — Tim Walz and JD Vance spent much of Tuesday night defending their running mates' records. They were less successful promoting their bosses' plans for the future.

Discussion: The Bulwark, HuffPost, Blaze Media, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Semafor, Raw Story, Slate, USA Today and NBC News

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me! — Republican vice-presidential nominee brings a Magic Drawing Board to his face-off with Tim Walz. — Half an hour into Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate, JD Vance lodged a whiny protest.

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
JD Vance is Trump 2.0

Discussion: The Guardian, The Hill, Politico, abc7NY, Vox, Fox News, Variety, ABC News, Bloomberg and New York Daily News

CNN:
CNN Instant Poll: No clear winner in VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, New Jersey Online and New York Times

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Was So Good, It May Drive Trump Crazy

Discussion: The Atlantic, emptywheel and USA Today

Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The difference between Vance and Trump

Discussion: RedState, USA Today, Townhall, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner and Daily Kos

Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Read the full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown

Discussion: Althouse, Mock Paper Scissors, New York Post, So What, Steve Sailer, FactCheck.org, Power Line, Blaze Media, Advocate and Mediaite

Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance Tries Desperately to Rewrite His Abortion Stance During Debate

Discussion: Zeteo, Pepperspectives, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, Plain Dealer, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, CBS News, Axios and Washington Times

Laura Doan / CBS News:
Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Mediaite, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Verge, Washington Examiner, PolitiFact, ABC News, Breitbart, abc7NY, Fox News, Ordinary Times, Joe.My.God. and RedState

Zachary Basu / Axios:
America's time machine: Takeaways from a refreshingly civil VP debate

Discussion: National Journal, HuffPost, New York Times and NPR

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument

Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
‘Nervous As Hell’: Bewildered Walz Emerges From Media Quarantine Only To Get Shelled By Vance

Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Caller News Foundation

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Vance crushes Walz, debate was over in first minute

Discussion: USA Today and CBS News

Washington Post:
Who won the VP debate? Voters weigh in on how Vance and Walz performed.

Discussion: USA Today, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, OutsideTheBeltway, Los Angeles Times and Townhall

CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports

Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.

Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News, HuffPost, Roll Call, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, Advocate, STAT, National Review, Joe.My.God., Breitbart, Axios, Daily Kos and CBS News

Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Tim Walz is rocked by cool JD Vance, admits 'I'm a knucklehead' during genial VP debate

Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, American Greatness, Variety, The Guardian, The American Spectator, MPR News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, ABC News and NewsNation

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Damning non-answer’: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election

Discussion: Raw Story, ABC News, The Hill, New York Times, Washington Post, Votebeat, The Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, HuffPost, The Guardian, New Jersey Online and USA Today

MPR News:
A deeper look at Walz's China ties ahead of Tuesday's debate

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Examiner, New York Times, NBC News, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News

Oliver Wiseman / The Free Press:
Let Israel Win — It's Wednesday, October 2. This is The Front Page, your daily window …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, National Review, One America News Network, freebeacon.com and Fox News

Washington Post:

Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech — The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule. — MILWAUKEE — Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke for 33 minutes before his first mention of the ostensible focus of his remarks.

Discussion: Raw Story

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:

Trump's decompensation was the big debate day story — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism. 🚨 — 🎤 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎤

Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:

How unhinged must Trump get to even matter? — The irony is now painful. For many years now, the artsy mountain resort city of Asheville, N.C. has been marketed to a growing retiree population as a “climate refuge,” a temperate inland fortress far from the potential killer hurricanes …

Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Iran on His Watch: ‘They Had a Headache’

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Daily Beast

Edward Luce / Financial Times:

Trump's ageing is as real as Biden's — The former president's verbal decline and random meanderings are shrugged off as just more of the same — A boy has a crush on a girl and tells everyone how great she is. The girl does not feel the same way and picks another suitor.

Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall

Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump backs out of ‘60 Minutes’ primetime interview, CBS says

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Poynter, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Townhall, Associated Press, Washington Post, Politico, HuffPost, Blaze Media, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Monica Alba / NBC News:
Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump's age in criticizing Vance

Discussion: The Hill, PJ Media, New York Times, Politico, New York Post, The Federalist, RedState, Daily Kos, NewsNation, USA Today, Axios and Raw Story

Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump rejects “60 Minutes” interview; Harris accepts

Discussion: Variety, Twitchy, The Daily Beast, New York Post, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

Robert Sherman / The Hill:

What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like — HAIFA, Israel — I knew right from the get-go this attack from Iran was going to be different than anything we had seen. — Over the past year, I've personally witnessed countless rocket attacks on cities like Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Sderot coming from Gaza.

David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran

Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Bloomberg

Paul Specht / WRAL-TV:

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized for skipping vote on Helene emergency declaration — As a deadly storm system approached the southeastern U.S. last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's office asked top state officials to support his call for emergency help.

Discussion: Raw Story and NC Newsline

Cook Political Report:

Swing State Polling Finds Deadlocked Presidential Contest, ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races Tighten — A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group (September 19-25; 2,941 voters), shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Wide World of News and New Jersey Online

Ava Kofman / ProPublica:

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That's Just the Start. — Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide. — Co-published with The New York Times Magazine … Reporting Highlights

Julia Manchester / The Hill:

Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats — The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas's Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred's (D-Texas) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the red state.

Discussion: The Independent, Joe.My.God. and Axios

Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
As Democrats Seek an Offensive Target, Texas Senate Shifts to Lean Republican

Discussion: RedState, New Jersey Online, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Washington Examiner

Dan Mangan / CNBC:

Appeals court greenlights betting on congressional elections … A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way Wednesday for Americans to bet on the outcome of the 2024 congressional elections. — The appeals court in a decision rejected an effort by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission …

Discussion: Bloomberg and CoinDesk

Devin Dwyer / ABC News:

How the US Supreme Court could get involved in the 2024 presidential election — Unprecedented partisan litigation over voting could reach the justices. — The U.S. Supreme Court, faced with sagging public confidence and a deepening perception its decisions are politically-motivated …

Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:

Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ in booze-fueled assault after date to star-studded gala — Vice President Kamala Harris's husband assaulted his ex-girlfriend, three friends have told Dailymail.com.