Being congenial works in the favor of the Democrats. It puts them on the same level as conservatives for the short time of the campaign. Behind closed doors they revert to their true selves: nasty, evil, mean and power hungry.
I suspect that in addition to being as far Left as Harris, Walz was selected to play the role of “nice guy/teacher/coach being abused by mean men”. By pulling his punches and refraining from being drawn into the Dem’s game plan, Vance came off more favorably than I had hoped for.
Trump let Harris run him around by exploiting his fixation on responding to every nasty lie and allegation she served up. If there is another Presidential debate, I hope Trump will dismiss her attacks as childish wastes of time, and hammer on policy-policy-policy, force Harris to talk about serious matters and explain how her Presidency will be different than her four years in the Biden-Harris administration.
Interesting take.
Reminds me of Clinton having friendly discussions with Republican politicians. Immediately after, he took the mic and attacked them.