The difference between the Dems and the Republicans.
The Dems have no one....Obama pretty much ruined all their careers.
You are so right. Pence comes across as a statesman, and a very elegant one at that.
Obama made the Dems and their base think they could push for the hardest left policies and succeed, because he was the most radically left President ever. They didn’t realize the swing voters were just voting for him because he “seemed nice,” not because they liked his policies. Put those policies on a less likable candidate and they only lose votes except in the bluest cesspools of America.