PBS’s favoritism in the vice-presidential debate began beforehand, in a political roundtable on Tuesday evening’s PBS News Hour in which their White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez rolled out a list of Harris-Walz talking points:
Laura Barron-Lopez: And sources told me that Gov. Walz is essentially trying to exit this debate the same way he entered it, which is with a higher favorability on average across polls than JD Vance has. I’m also told that Gov. Walz is expected to try to make moments and hit JD Vance on abortion, on Project 2025, as well as on Trump’s past comments saying that he has — quote — “a concept of a plan” for getting rid of the Affordable Care Act.
But even though Walz is very much liked by progressives, Amna, the Harris campaign is hoping that his everyday dad persona, his relatability, can speak to centrist Republicans,…
