Nate Silver: “That doesn’t mean Vance is the worst choice Trump could make. At least not when it was reported that he was considering someone with no electoral experience, like Victor Ramaswamay. There was a lot of money being spent on the Ohio race, and Vance should be pretty well-tested. There’s no doubt he’s a smart guy. He’s definitely much younger than the other three candidates (39).
“Still, a fully functional Democratic campaign might gain some benefit from this pick, perhaps by treating Vance as a little-known cipher who has the support of right-wing groups like the author of Project 2025. Democrats had success with this kind of candidate in 2022, most notably Arizona’s Blake Masters, who, like Vance, has ties to venture capitalist Peter Thiel.”
“The question is whether the Democratic campaign is firing on anything approaching all cylinders right now, or whether it is spending a lot of time on the defensive, trying to orchestrate Biden’s appearance and fend off any rebellion within the party against him.”
The New York Times: As Democrats label JD Vance an extremist, Biden calls him a ‘clone’ of Trump.
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