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I’m Switzerland on this. JD Vance is a mythical creature existing exclusive of any actual human characteristic or emotion.

Would he revert to The Atlantic contributor personality he once had if Trump dropped dead? Maybe. Would he contest a lost election? Possibly, but more likely not. It would be horrifically embarrassing and his wife actually loves him and would counsel against it, I think.

He barely won OH. MAGA don’t believe he’s MAGA enough. Maybe I’m stupid but I think there was an occasional glimmer of true Vulcan mind meld the other night. Vance is not a good person, at all, but even a bad man can be a good father. His love for his wife and family is clear. Same with Tim Walz. I believe that Vance was sincere in his shock and sympathy at the news that Gus

Walz witnessed a shooting.

OTOH, he’s a really bad man, has converted to some weird Catholic sect, and espouses the New Right. I think The Bulwark overvalues his intelligence. He was accepted to Yale Law at least in part due to geography (a big part, I suspect) and was a mediocre student with no real love for the law.

All of that said, I lean toward the idea that no one is worse than Trump.

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