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Like the Gulf stream, or a young Republican who doesn’t wear beige chinos, we know Mike Pence and Tim Kaine exist – we just don’t really see them.

With the media focused on Donald Trump’s near daily indiscretions, and Hillary Clinton’s various responses to those indiscretions, both the Republican and Democratic vice-presidential nominees have been forced into the shadows.



But no more. Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate will be Kaine and Pence’s first chance to show us all what we’ve been missing. Here’s why it will definitely be exciting …

Finding out which is which

Both vice-presidential candidates are middle-aged white men. Both have single-syllable first and last names and five-letter last names. Both have grey hair. Both of them were largely unknown to the public before they were chosen as running mates.

Tuesday night is an opportunity for Americans to play spot-the-difference. Kaine and Pence will introduce themselves at the beginning of the debate – clearing up, once and for all, which one is Kaine and which one is Pence.

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