Glenn Greenwald

He doesn't have that.

But when he debated Tim Walz and he was able to modulate

how he was speaking and conducting himself while at the same time being uncompromising on his views, knowing that it was America's really first impression of him.

And it was a very kind of, you know, kind of sandpaper the sharp edges off and the ability to do that for 90 minutes, no matter how much they're trying to provoke you, while at the same time delivering your message effectively.

And I think the more he's on the national stage, the better he's going to get.

No Democrat, I promise you, wants 2028 to be J.D.

Vance versus AOC, no matter what.

how much AOC is doing her little fake dances for journalists when asked.

Well, and I think also, you know, we have to remember that he is still quite young and he has had a lot of very kind of contradictory impulses, right?

Like he grew up as, you know, in the way that you described, but like a very, you know, familiar now, like working class family with addiction and all kinds of family problems.

And then suddenly he's in Ivy League schools and he's with Peter Thiel and he's, you know, in high finance in Silicon Valley, hating Donald Trump.

And then he starts evolving politically as well.

And sometimes it just takes a while in life to find yourself, like to feel comfortable with who you are, to really have a good sense of self-possession.

And that can take into your 30s or early 40s, which is where JD Vance is in life.

And I don't think that's a very uncommon evolution.

And I do think that you can see a kind of

greater comfort in J.D.

Vance's own skin, the more he kind of becomes convinced about the values he wants to pursue and the things he believes in.

I still think it's going to take a lot of work given that people do have suspicions when somebody has had so many different kinds of manifestations of who they are and what they believe.

But he's obviously very skilled at expressing himself and at communicating.