Hillary lodged protests against Russia! Kaine quickly realizes how weak that sounds.

Pence following same R2P logic in Syria that led to Libyan intervention, no?

Do voters want to “lean in” to Syria?

Kaine seemed about to say “no controlling legal authority”

Halfway point: Kaine seems effectively vice presidential. Pence seems presidential. Not entirely sure that helps Trump.

Pence misses his big opportunity to slide back into “touchback amnesty.”

Not a lot of support for Social Security privatization on either side tonight. Don’t expect it to stop the Paul Ryans …

Might as well not be a moderator. Better than a Crowley.

Pence’s make-up very strange. Looks slightly ghoulish.

Kaine’s 1st answer kanned.

.@politico Insiders: “Trump will sink Pence in VP debate” politi.co/2dpekj1This could be one for the Politico Insiders Greatest Hits album

If Wikileaks had released *this* it would be really damaging youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1g…

Doesn’t cutting tax rate–Trump’s plan–in itself make various tax shelters less lucrative, including real estate s… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

.@assymetricinfo convincing on why carrying forward your business losses on taxes is neither unusual or nefarious bv.ms/2dnLi3i

“Every tax or financial professional I have heard from … found [the@NYTimes] characterization rather bizarre” bv.ms/2dnLi3i

“CRAZY”: If GOPs had trashed Obamacare half as effectively as Bill Clinton did Monday, they might have repealed it. dailycaller.com/2016/10/03/bil…

UBER EXCEPT FOR UMBRAGE: At least two broadcast news shows featured this alleged Trump gaffe. Except there is no ga… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

Of course he also sold us those horrible (now removed) airport x-ray machines. Just saying ..… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

Don’t think we know his income for the subsequent 18 years. Those returns not leaked. … twitter.com/davidfrum/stat…

Not charging Holt with bias. Take it as given. At this pt “All Hands on Deck” paradigm fits reality better than “ob… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

Truth is if you’re rich enough you can lose a billion here & there. Big loss itself doesn’t tell us if he’s terribl… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…

If Trump lost $916M in a year-1995-is he a “terrible businessman”? nyti.ms/2cL2TEi Soros lost $1.5B in 6 mo. insidermonkey.com/blog/how-did-s…

.@charlesmurray explicitly notes mass immigration is destroying social equality/”Fishtown Needs Less Immigration”

So focused on the election I’d missed the latest Cuomo scandal. Seems to be serious!

Controlling immigration one way of tightening labor market while reserving disappearing work 4 our fellow citizens.… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…