In the first and onlyVP debateof the 2024 presidential election, Gov.Tim Walzand Sen. J.D.

Vance on Tuesday went out of their way to prove the ornery Texan pretty much right.

Vance will have scored points with the GOP base which was his unspoken other job tonight.

VP Debate review

(L-R) Senator and GOP VP candidate J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. and Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz onstage TuesdayGetty

Still, it could set the future.

Walz did hit the January 6 was not Facebook ads line, but his follow-up was soft.

It was a hole that both candidates tried to fill with praise of their running mates.

JD Vance and Tim Walz

(L-R) CBS News anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderate the debate between the 2024 vice presidential candidates

That was Vances playbook.

That was where former Trump critic Vances punches came from that Walzs practiced lines could not rebuff.