Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are ceding the spotlight on Tuesday night to their running mates, with particular pressure on Mike Pence to stabilize and defend a struggling campaign. The faceoff between the two normcore vice presidential nominees comes as Clinton shows signs of starting to break away in both national polls and a handful of crucial swing states after Trump suffered a widely panned debate performance last week and a series of wounding headlines, many self-inflected. Tim Kaine’s challenge is to nudge the presidency further out of reach for Trump, while deflecting attacks about Clinton’s penchant for secrecy and accusations of favor-peddling, as well as her use of a private email server at State Department and the Clinton Foundation’s practices. Read more http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/tim-kaine-mike-pence-debate-229120
