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		</div><p>Republican Mike Pence has won plaudits for a calm and collected performance in the US vice presidential debate &#8211; but it was his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine who landed the most telling blows after forcing him to confront &#8211; or not &#8211; Donald Trump&#8217;s provocative remarks.</p>
<p>Pressed by Mr Kaine to defend his running mate throughout the 90-minute debate, Mr Pence mostly dodged, sidestepped or ignored the questions.</p>
<p>Mr Pence vouched for the New York billionaire&#8217;s tax history, but was less vocal when challenged about Mr Trump&#8217;s temperament or his inflammatory words about women and president Barack Obama.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine how governor Pence can defend the insult-driven, me-first style of Donald Trump,&#8221; said Virginia senator Mr Kaine, Hillary Clinton&#8217;s running mate.</p>
<p>Mrs Clinton&#8217;s campaign chairman John Podesta said Mr Kaine had succeeded in his &#8220;strategic mission&#8221; to challenge Mr Pence to defend his controversial running mate.</p>
<p>&#8220;Governor Pence was smooth, he seemed sort of likeable, but he didn&#8217;t get the job done,&#8221; Mr Podesta said.</p>
<p>Both sides appeared willing to concede that the only debate between the vice presidential candidates was unlikely to alter the trajectory of the race for the White House.</p>
<p>For Republicans worried their voters will not show up at the polls, Mr Pence&#8217;s steady performance could help assuage concerns that this year&#8217;s Republican ticket has veered away from the party&#8217;s core beliefs.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">";We trust American women."; —<a href="https://twitter.com/timkaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TimKaine</a> on a woman&#39;s right to abortion <a href="https://t.co/8HBMXqa225">https://t.co/8HBMXqa225</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/783713886830813184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Pence, a former congressman and Indiana&#8217;s governor, is widely trusted by the Republican establishment and the party&#8217;s socially conservative base.</p>
<p>Mr Kaine rebutted attacks on Mrs Clinton&#8217;s family foundation, her emails and her struggles persuading voters that she is trustworthy. Mr Kaine said he and his wife trust the Democratic nominee &#8220;with the most important thing in our life&#8221; &#8211; their son, a Marine who would serve under Mrs Clinton if she wins.</p>
<p>Yet for the most part, Mr Kaine was determined to make the showdown a referendum on Donald Trump&#8217;s character. Typically relaxed and easygoing, he adopted a pugilistic approach as he slammed Mr Trump for having called women pigs and slobs, and condemned the New York billionaire&#8217;s praise of Russian president Vladimir Putin.</p>
<p>Mr Pence frequently avoided taking the bait &#8211; a shrewd move for a conservative darling who could have eyes on the Oval Office himself if Donald Trump loses in November.</p>
<p>Instead, he sought to defuse the line of attack by arguing pre-emptively that it was the Democrats &#8211; not Mr Trump &#8211; waging an insult-filled campaign.</p>
<p>He did not dispute reports that the businessman might not have paid any federal taxes for years as a result of suffering more than 900 million dollars in losses in 1995. But he likened Mr Trump&#8217;s situation to those of other Americans who have gone &#8220;through a very difficult time&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;He used the tax code just the way it&#8217;s supposed to be used,&#8221; Mr Pence said. &#8220;And he did it brilliantly.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kellyann Conway, the Trump campaign manager, faulted Mr Kaine for repeatedly interrupting Mr Pence, and &#8220;ignoring the female moderator,&#8221; Elaine Quijano of CBS News. She took particular issue with how often the Democrat had brought up Mr Trump&#8217;s name.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was like he had a tic,&#8221; Ms Conway said.</p>
<p>The campaign&#8217;s focus shifts back now to the presidential nominees, who meet again on Sunday for the second of three debates. For Donald Trump, it could be a final opportunity to demonstrate the race is not slipping out of his grasp as the balance appeared to tip in Mrs Clinton&#8217;s favour.</p>
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