Mike Pence v Kamala Harris ends in a normal sort of a draw
The battle of the understudies casts them as plausible presidential successors
THE TELEVISED debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris on October 7th had been ballyhooed even before the president’s covid-19 diagnosis underlined the mortality of the election’s top billing. Donald Trump and Joe Biden are both vying to be the oldest newly elected president. Mr Trump is 74 and obese; Mr Biden is 77 and can seem older. It follows that the winner’s deputy, Mr Pence or Ms Harris, will assume the role of presidential understudy with an unusually good chance of being suddenly promoted to the top job.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Rumble of the understudies”
United States October 10th 2020
- The virus has hit President Donald Trump and his re-election hopes
- Mike Pence v Kamala Harris ends in a normal sort of a draw
- At risk of losing Texas, Republicans scheme to limit Democratic votes
- A close race in Ohio is bad news for Donald Trump
- The number of new businesses in America is booming
- The reasons behind America’s new wave of lay-offs
- The battle in miniature
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