Senator JD Vance emerged victorious by a mile at tonight's debate — but don't take our word for it.

Take the word of commentators across the political spectrum:

• Jonathan Karl, ABC: "Walz did seem unsteady and, frankly, what I saw in Walz is somebody who has not faced questions on a national stage ... In contrast, JD Vance was very smooth."
  
  
• Politico: "Vibe check: JD Vance is doing really well tonight."
  
  
• Abby Phillip, CNN: "JD Vance came to this debate to land a bunch of punches — and he did. ... Walz did not seem prepared for it."
  
  
• Linsey Davis, ABC: "JD Vance needed to come away as that humble, likable guy from Hillbilly Elegy — [and] it seemed like he did."
  
  
• Tom Llamas, NBC: "Does Gov. Walz have a problem with the truth?"
  
  
• John King, CNN: "The two issues driving the campaign right now ... Vance carried it."
  
  
• Geraldo Rivera, NewsNation: "Vance won this debate."
  
  
• Dana Bash, CNN: "[Democrats] were not thrilled."
  
  
• Brit Hume, Fox News: "The moderators were obnoxious — and made it feel like three-on-one on Vance — and Vance was just fine."
  
  
• Chris Cuomo, NewsNation: "At one point, Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country — and he was RIGHT, and the moderators wouldn't let him correct it."
  
  
• Harold Ford, Jr., former Democrat congressman: "Walz was a little rattled — and Senator Vance came out stronger."
  
  
• Scott Jennings, CNN: "I'll say this for Walz, he has perfected a look of sheer terror and complete bafflement all at the same time."
  
  
• Rich Lowry, National Review: "Vance is turning in the best debate performance we've seen in a long time."
  
  
• Hugh Hewitt, The Hugh Hewitt Show: "Superb answer on illegal immigration from Vance. He's very good at this and he nailed Kamala Harris on the 'wide open southern border.'"
  
  
• Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist: "Vance's may be the best debate performance I've ever seen."
  
  
• Megyn Kelly: "I don't remember a better debate performance than the one JDV is delivering tonight."
  
  
• David Frum, The Atlantic: "Vance is going home tonight with Walz's wallet. Vance didn’t even have to snatch it — Walz just handed it over, along with a bunch of unearned compliments to Vance's fine character."
  
  
• Lil Pump, rapper: "JD Vance is demolishing Walz. Great speaker and really explaining things in detail. He's a real leader and even admitting to areas where we can improve and explaining how to do it."
  
  
• Meghan McCain: "No one should ever say debates don't matter because Walz has done a lot of damage this evening."
  
  
• Sohrab Ahmari, Compact: "Walz became a liability to Kamala tonight."
  
  
• Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR): "It's clear why Tim Walz refuses to do interviews."
  
  
• Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): "Tim Walz is not good at this."