New York: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign jumped right in with “Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly”.
According to pundits of all things big and small, the fly took the second place after Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ sweepstakes at the 90-minute debate on Wednesday night.
Pence came a distant third because he was “patronising”, “drove the women crazy” and was too “boring” for the men, according to a zinger from former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill.
And Harris?
“This may not move the polls but it gives Americans a good idea of who Kamala Harris is. There’s a certain joy about her which she brought with her,” McCaskill added.
The fly brought laughs and spawned a whole new cluster of Twitter accounts.
“Everyone jealous because I got the best seat for the debate tonightm” tweeted a MikePenceFly handle.
“Please retweet if you agree that I defeated Mike Pence tonight,” came from TheFlyBeatHim.
Fly tales went for a wild ride while Harris and Pence droned on with carefully scripted lines, “Pence didn’t remove the fly. The fly left him when it got bored”.
As for Harris, she stayed in command, smiled, took notes and often gave Pence withering looks that won the visual performance for the television audience.
Pence played to his strengths, stayed calm and painted a stark contrast to President Donald Trump, now laid up with Covid-19.
“I will not be lectured – she drove that part home. She referred to Biden as Joe throughout, which was great,” James Carville, a Democratic strategist, said about Harris.
