Elections in the United States, challenge between the two deputies Kamala Harris and Mike Pence: that is why this is “the most important in the history of debates”

They will be four meters from each other and between them there will be two plexiglass. Tonight’s debate at the University of Utah of Salt lake city among the deputies, Mike pence me Kamala harris, takes place in the shadow of the coronavirus emergency that is strongly shaping the life of the United States and the course of Washington. At a time with little precedent in American history, the candidates for the vice presidency They will have several things to discuss: the crisis health, in fact, and then the protests racial, the appointment of a judge challenged Supreme Court, the growing number of unemployed. The stakes are high for both. Perhaps never in history has the duel between deputies been so important.

With two pretty candidates over the years – Joe biden 77 years old, Donald trump 74, the oldest in electoral history United States – and with a president fighting him COVID-19, American voters face an unprecedented situation. The role of the vice president becomes potentially very important. If the president-elect has physical disabilities, they will be Pennies the Harris take on that role. For this, both must be something more than a simple appendix of the numbers ones. They must show that they have personality, authority, master’s degree issues.

Mike pence, 61, former governor ofIndiana, a one-piece religious conservative, has managed to do something very difficult for the past four years. Never break up with Triumph, while managing not to be swept away by the whirlwind of controversies and scandals that have characterized the most tumultuous presidency in the history of the United States. Triumph called him, in 2016, to keep in touch with party republican and shows his deference to the religious. Pennies he carried out the task with passion and precision. Temperamentally, he is the polar opposite of the president. Detained how much is that aggressive. Respectful to the opponent how much Triumph he is volcanic and ready to insult. But it never is boring the obedient. Pence is really excellent debate. Does not interrupt the opponent, does not lose the calm, he manages to move with indifference the most dangerous questions and bring back the conversation on the plane that is most favorable to you.

Is likely to attack tonight Harris as a symbol of a radical and progressive world of San Francisco (where the Democrat worked and started his own career politics) away from the culture and concerns of true America. Anyway, the vice president will not have it easy. It’s about defending the results of your administration at a time when this is marked by a widespread epidemic of COVID-19; the last to test positive is one of the men closest to Triumph, Stephen Miller, the architect of much of immigration policy for the past four years. And then there are the last polls, particularly negative for the republicans. According to a CNN poll conducted yesterday (conducted after Trump’s positivity announcement), Joe biden it would be to the advantage of 16 points: 57 percent versus 41 percent Triumph. Having further minimized the pandemic, having reduced it to a simple flu, having once again shown contempt for a virus that killed 210 thousand Americans and overwhelmed the lives of millions and millions of people does not seem, for now, to have worked. Pennies will have to defend the management of pandemic (headed the antivirus working group) and it won’t be easy.

It is in this failure that he will insist Kamala harris. Democrat is a Salt lake city for days. She is known for being very thorough in the preparation of her public events and even this time she is taking care of every detail. An expert consultant democratic, Karen dunn, leads the team that helps her manage the discussion. These days, a Salt lake city, was also seen Pete buttigieg, the former Democratic primary candidate and mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg Politically he knows Pence very well, who was governor of Indiana, and posed as the Republican vice president in trials with Harris (while the Democrat’s “part”, in evidence from the Pence debate, was played by Pam bondi, former attorney general of the Florida). Consultants close to the Democratic campaign explained that tonight the true objective of Harris Will not be Pennies, but directly Triumph. The deputy of Biden, who was attorney general in California, is known for his ability to aggressively pressure witnesses and opponents. You must not exaggerate tonight. The risk is showing yourself more inquisitor that is attentive to political issues, especially eliminating that African American vote of which the campaign Biden absolutely need it.

The preparation of the debate was accompanied by numerous controversy. Several have asked Harris cancel the appointment, due to the risk of contagion Pennies underwent. In fact, the vice president, who has been in close contact with many people who later turned out positive, should have been put in quarantine, in accordance with the provisions of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CENTERS FOR THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES). The campaign of Pennies responded that the vice president stands very good and that is subjected to the swab daily. The critics also raised the request of the Democrats place dividers in plexiglass Between candidates. “If the senator Harris wants to lock himself in a fortress, go ahead, “said a spokesman for Pennies. An agreement was finally reached and the debate will take place. “The most important in the history of debates between vice presidents,” he wrote. John hudak from the Brookings Institution. “The American people They will look at the shock with a renewed awareness that any of them could easily become President – not because they will win an election, but because they will happen President”.