NEW YORK – For hours leading up to Tuesday night’s CBS News Vice Presidential Debate at the broadcaster’s studios in Manhattan, a succession of campaign surrogates streamed into the “spin room” – a room filled with reporters and two rows of makeshift television studios belonging to various stations.
Among those doing the rounds for Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s running mate, were Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida), Jason Miller, former President Donald Trump’s adviser. Donald Trump Jr. showed up after the debate.
Politicians—both former and current—and party bigwigs, with their handlers in tow—sought to defend their candidates’ positions and talk up their prospects before what is likely to be the last debate before Election Day…