With our National Political editor. Good morning, dan. I read your column this morning on the front page of the post. Why not give viewers a [laughter] late night and an early morning. My god, what a horrible mistake. Im so sorry. Front page of the Washington Post, give viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today. I think that the sum and substance of the debate is that the Vice President , mike pence, came armed with the case he wanted to make against joe biden, the Democratic Party, and Kamala Harris. Time and again it is clear that what undermines the case most significantly is the prison he works for, President Trump. It was obvious really from the getgo when the discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the administration handling of it. The Vice President in essence recycling statements the president has made repeatedly over many months, which he himself has said, touting what they claim is a great record against all the evidence of how this country has a much higher dea