"It could be as simple as a kind of jealousy: Trump wants all of the favorable commentary to be about him, and if it's about Pence, he may see it as a net debit," David Birdsell, dean of the Public Affairs School at Baruch College, told the Daily News about the praise heaped on Pence for his perceived debate win. "That would suggest he sees the campaign much less as a ticket than 100% personalismo abetted by willing acolytes whose only job is to applaud in the background."