Greetings! After last night’s strong debate performance, JD Vance vaults to the top of 2028 GOP presidential hopefuls.  Despite his obnoxious and constant evasiveness to simple questions and his poor relationship with the truth, he projected a presidential image: calm, cool, and in command of his narrative and emotions.  Walz, while growing stronger through the night, often looked bug-eyed and ill at ease.  His appearance wasn’t helped by the stark black suit which looked like he borrowed it from an undertaker. While I appreciate the civility of the clash, I wish Walz would have taken the gloves off when it came to Vance’s longwinded dodge on the January 6 insurrection and 2020 election results….Tucker Carlson for president in 2028?  Sorry to ruin your breakfast, but it’s a real possibility according to John McCormack’s in-depth article in The Dispatch Whatever Happened to Tucker Carlson. The story looks at Carlson’s weird journey from preppy libertarian at the now-defunct Weekly Standard to flame-throwing conspiracy theorist…Dept. of Modesty:  Here’s what Trump had to say about the longshoremen strike.  “The situation should have never come to this and, had I been President, it would not have,” he wrote on his website yesterday….I will be taking the day off tomorrow in observance of the Jewish New Year.  Shana Tova to all who observe.  TheRighting will be back on Friday…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard