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Having skipped the vice-presidential debate last night, today’s recaps indicate that was a wise choice. What will likely be most remembered, if anything at all, is that “both running mates had their share of interruptions Tuesday night. An analysis by FiveThirtyEight said Kaine logged more than 70 interjections and interruptions, while Pence had more than 40.”

As suggested here yesterday, a subject quickly pounced upon by Mike Pence was Bill Clinton’s recent ObamaCare criticism. According to FoxNews.com: “Pence tried to draw a contrast between former President Clinton’s striking comments about the health care overhaul and his wife’s platform. Saying Kaine and Hillary Clinton want “more of the same.” Adding that: “Even President Bill Clinton calls ObamaCare a crazy plan. But Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to build on ObamaCare.” 

As far as the debate itself is concerned, an analysis by FiveThirtyEight said: “The vice presidential debates rarely have a big impact on the race for the White House, and it's unclear whether Tuesday's feisty faceoff will make a dent in the numbers as the candidates at the top of the ticket prepare for their second debate, this Sunday.” Which pretty much sums up the waste of time that took place last night.

As far as the presidential contest itself is concerned, rasmussenreports.com via Drudge, reflects a turnaround for Trump whereas: “The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch survey shows Trump with 42% support among Likely U.S. Voters to Hillary Clinton’s 41%. Yesterday, it was the other way around, Clinton 42%, Trump 41%, and the day before Clinton had a 43% to 40% advantage. This is the first time Trump has been ahead since before the first presidential debate last week."

And then, Trump got another major boost today. According to Juliet Eilperin  @washingtonpost.com: “Former vice president Al Gore will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to individuals briefed on the plan, in an effort to mobilize young voters who see climate change as a key issue.

“The decision by Gore to plunge into the campaign during the final weeks shows the extent to which Democrats remain concerned that Clinton has yet to connect with many millennials, some of whom are backing third-party candidates this year. The former vice president, a climate activist, will speak about not just Clinton’s plan to address global warming, but also the idea that voting for an independent presidential candidate could deliver the White House to Republicans in the same way that Ralph Nader’s candidacy helped undermine his presidential bid in 2000.” 

The vast majority of comments following the article were particularly negative toward Gore, his overblown self-importance and self-serving, self-enriching crusades. Among them, reader, Scooter Woods, summed up Gore’s value to the campaign perfectly by commenting: “Can't he just call the five people who think he matters and tell them to support Hillary?” 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife. 

Yesterday the Heat Street Staff @heatst.com/politics, noted that: “Gender has emerged as a key question in the 2016 presidential race, as Tim Kaine eschewed gendered language tonight to promise that he will be Hillary Clinton’s “right-hand person,” as opposed to right-hand man.” 

The short article then presented a series of reader web-postings offering similar observations regarding the gender topic. One of which included the following photo.   

In this case, pictures truly do save a thousand words whereas voters can glimpse for themselves what to expect if Bill’s wife becomes the nation’s commander-in-chief. What particularly comes to mind is the question of whether the same nine assistants will drag her around when she reviews the troops at military ceremonies. Or will she simply try to hobble down the rows of physically fit warriors by herself?

Perhaps that’s a question that can be answered best by Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, if those guys are reading this.    

That's it for today folks.         

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