"But my goal was to find, getting there, and I'm saying, we're all wanting to fix immigration, but you're doing the dogs and cats stuff. What we're doing is fixing the the system, adjudicating asylum claims faster. That was viewed as me trying to find common ground. And the teacher in me and this is a nervous tick or habit that we have when you're a teacher when someone next to you is talking, you instinctively nod and listen."
"If the vice presidential debate mattered, Dan Quayle (R-IN) never would have been vice president with Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX). But it did matter. It did matter, though. And I think in the moment we were in preparing for that. And quite honestly we didn't prepare for him to be more cordial. The expectation was for him to do the false attacks and do some of that, but he didn't. And I'll give him this, they were well prepared."
A running mate was acknowledged as partly let down and a Minnesota-nice reflex produced a conciliatory debate demeanor that was misinterpreted. The opposing candidate displayed unexpected cordiality, contrary to preparations for harsh attacks, and the campaign noted post-debate polling still showed a slight rise. A historical comparison indicated that vice presidential debates can sometimes matter. The campaign emphasis remained on policy solutions for immigration, prioritizing system fixes and faster asylum adjudication over rhetorical confrontations. A teacher's habitual nod while listening was mistaken for agreement with personal attacks, complicating public perception of intent.
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