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**OCTOBER 18, 2022**
'Gentlemen, Let's Focus': Grudges Upstage Policy Differences in
Second Ohio Debate
BY AUSTIN AHLMAN
Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance's stark policy differences have taken a back
seat to growing personal animosity.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - Monday night's debate
for a Senate seat in Ohio demonstrated what everyone watching
local television
has known for weeks: Congressman Tim Ryan and author J.D. Vance really,
really do not like each other. While neither candidate emerged as the
clear victor, the race's devolution into starkly personal terms may
prove an obstacle for Ryan, who is trying to re-create Democratic Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown's successful formula by emphasizing his populist,
protectionist approach to economics over cultural warfare.
But cultural issues and personality conflicts dominated Monday night's
debate. Ryan repeatedly engaged in tense, personal clashes with Vance
that trended on social media but seem unlikely to move the needle in his
uphill battle to flip retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman's seat.
That tension left the moderators struggling to reel in the candidates
during the brief 56-minute debate. Five minutes after questions began,
moderator Lindsay McCoy had to cut short an exchange over the Inflation
Reduction Act that had spiraled into bickering after Vance answered
Ryan's populist defense of the IRA's federal investments with
accusations that Ryan's actions were controlled by Democratic House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "Gentleman, let's focus," she chided them. The
two did not return to their differences on manufacturing or labor policy
for the remainder of the debate.
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The problem is not failed leadership but a failed ideology. BY SHERA
AVI-YONAH
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