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Not only did the vice-presidential candidates keep their distance from each other last night – with the help of some discreet plexiglass – they also kept their distance from several pretty important questions.

“If Roe v. Wade was overturned, what would you want Indiana to do? Would you want your home state to ban all abortions?,” moderator asked.

Vice President Mike Pence’s answer — was to continue answering the PREVIOUS question:

“The American people deserve to know Kasim Suleimani was responsible for the deaths. …”

Then he talked about Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic faith:

“My hope is when the hearing takes place …”

Darn that clock! But wait – he had a question of his own.

“Are you and Joe Biden going to pack the court if judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed?,” Pence asked.

Clear question. But a little too contagious because Senator Kamala Harris quickly moved away from it by instead talking about the president’s appointments to the lower courts:

“And do you know that of the people for lifetime appointments, not one is black?”

I have no doubt that’s true but, once again, it leaves the overall impression that politicians are people who can hear, but don’t listen.

Or maybe that plexiglass was thicker than it looked.

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