GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (HOST): Mike Pence had a line at the end of the debate where he said that Donald Trump is not a polished politician, but you saw on that stage tonight, was two polished politicians, two career politicians, a senator and governor, Tim Kaine; governor and member of the House, Mike Pence, who came in with quite different strategies.
MATTHEW DOWD: Yeah, I mean, these were two experienced politicians who have been through debates before in their own races for governor, Congress, or senator. So, they're very good at this, and knowing how to do this. It was very interesting to me with this, was I thought Tim Kaine, his style wasn't as good as Mike Pence's. I thought Mike Pence did better on style and calmness. But I think Tim Kaine came with a strategy, which was, I'm going to try to undercut Donald Trump every step I can on some fundamental issues -- taxes, insults, or whatever those were. Mike Pence actually deflected, but never really fundamentally defended Donald Trump. This looked like, to me, a debate where Tim Kaine was in this race today, making the argument about why Hillary Clinton,and it looked like Mike Pence was wanting to get out of this year's election to another election where he may be on the ballot.
