Candidates say they are feeling confident about their performance during last nights first and only Vice President ial debate. Tim kaine brought up negative comments that donald trump made on the campaign trail. In a strategy to keep mike pence on the defensive. When donald trump says run an insult driven campaign. sot gov. Mike pence rin Vice President ial nominee she said half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. She irredeemable, they were not american. standup mark albert cbs news the white house the debate was often contentious with one pundit calling it a bickerfest. Tim kaine was viewed as the more aggressive of the twoa interrupting pence multiple times. But that tim kaine was viewed as more aggressive. With that aggressive nature her tim kaine according to a focus group of undecided voters who were watching. His demeanor and constant and mike pence, with all the things that donald trump was not in his debate. He clearly studied and was unflappable in the face of all