CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 7, 2020
TONIGHT’S DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS IN SALT LAKE CITY TAKES ON NEW SIGNIFICANCE IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS. ONE OF THEM COULD BE PRESIDENT THROUGH SEVERAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
DON’T LOOK FOR THE DEBATE TO BE ANYTHING LIKE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. PENCE’S CALM, MIDWESTERN DEMEANOR HAS SERVED HIM WELL IN THE PAST, AS IT DID IN THE 2016 DEBATE WITH TIM KAINE. HE IS UNLIKELY TO SHOUT OR INTERRUPT.
I HAVE KNOWN MIKE PENCE FOR YEARS. HE IS A SOLID CONSERVATIVE AND MORE IMPORTANLY A BIBLE-BELIEVNG CHRISTIAN WHO PRACTICES HIS FAITH. WATCH FOR MODERATOR SUSAN PAGE OF USA TODAY ASK HIM CONFRONTATIONAL QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HIS PRO-LIFE AND PRO-MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN POSITIONS. EXPECT FEW CONFRONTATIONAL QUESTIONS FOR HARRIS, WHO PULLED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEFORE A VOTE WAS CAST.
THIS FORMAT SHOULD BE RETIRED. GIVE EACH CANDIDATE 30 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR CASE, FOLLOWED BY A PANEL OF TWO PEOPLE – ONE CONSERVATIVE AND ONE LIBERAL. LET THE CANDIDATES ASK EACH OTHER QUESTIONS. THAT’S A BETTER MODEL. IT WON’T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT IT SHOULD IN FOUR YEARS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
