J.D. Vance had another explosive Sunday morning interview. This time, he was on with George Stephanopoulos, who abruptly ended the interview early and cut to a commercial. It's a stark contrast to the Kamala Harris whine-fest masquerading as a book tour, and an early setup to the 2028 race.

Stephanopoulos was trying to corner Vance on Tom Homan, accusing the Trump border czar and aide of accepting a bribe. Vance torched Stephanopoulos and went off, "Meanwhile, low-income women can't get food because the Democrats and Chuck Schumer have shut down the government. Right now, we're trying to figure out how to pay our troops, because Chuck Schumer has shut down the government. You are focused on a bogus story."

The interview ended when Vance blasted Stephanopoulos for declining ratings. He added, "Let's talk about the real issues, George, I think the American people would benefit much more from that than fom you going down some weird left-wing rabbit hole where the facts show that Tom Homan clearly didn't engage in any criminal wrongdoing."

It's a stark contrast to Kamala Harris in the same position, currently. While in the Vice Presidency, Harris rarely did any interviews. Her campaign continued a similar path, refusing interviews and difficult press conferences for weeks at a shot. Her media availability was no different than Biden's.

At least with Biden, we all knew the reason, though: he couldn't do it anymore. Biden was once a gabber on par with any of the top talkers in the Senate. His biggest issue was always shutting up.

When Harris finally did appear in friendly venues, like The View, she seemed consistently unprepared for the most basic questions. She couldn't identify a single thing where she'd have diverged from Biden on policy. An answer that shocked everyone on the planet, except, it seems, her. In one swift move, she linked herself to every decision Biden made.

And now, she's pitching her "107 Days" book, claiming Trump doesn't have a mandate. I have no idea what point she thinks she's making. He won the election. American voters gave Republicans the trifecta, and the only power Democrats have is the filibuster, which they're using to shut down the government.

She keeps claiming she lost the closest election this century. Again, this is ludicrous on its face. The three elections closest to this one in this century are 2000, 2016, and 2020. If anything, Harris experienced the worst loss for a Democrat since John Kerry in 2004, when Bush cleaned the map and won the popular vote.

Harris did a sit-down interview and talked with a bunch of Hollywood A-listers. In that moment, she went on a profanity tirade, claiming, "[T]here is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they've lost their minds, when in fact, these motherfuckers are crazy."

Her Los Angeles-based celebrity-aligned crowd exploded in applause. That's what you'd expect from a room of barking seals.

In short, Harris has learned zero lessons from 2024. Steve Kornacki appeared on NBC News and told the audience effectively the same thing. He pointed out that Democrats are struggling in polls right now because they're deeply unpopular, even though Republicans should be poised to lose the 2026 midterms.

Americans are consistently saying the same thing: the crazy ones are Kamala Harris and her merry band of insane Democrats. The most effective ad of the 2024 election was Trump pointing out that Harris supported gender transition surgeries for illegal aliens in prison.

The Trump message was simple: Harris is for they/them, Trump is for you.

Harris hasn't changed that message, and she still can't avoid imploding in friendly interview environments. Meanwhile, J.D. Vance is getting airdropped into media snakepits and told to come out victorious. Republican voters are like Sparta when it comes to media interviews. They say to their candidates: Come back with your shield or on it.

The Trump era has been marked by Republicans demanding their candidates appear like winners in every situation. Vance is fitting that bill. And for the next four years, Vance will do a nonstop push with similar interviews, which will help hone his speaking skills and give him repetitions with unfriendly media members trying to nuke his candidacy in 2028.

I'm not saying he's a lock, though he's undoubtedly the leader of the pack to succeed Trump. Meanwhile, Harris is doing the same thing she did in office: avoiding the media, and when she does appear, falling flat on her face surrounded by celebrities trying to prop her up.

If you ever wanted to know the disadvantage for Democrats in having an overly friendly media, this is it. Politicians have to get those reps in and get better at them. Republicans are forced into the fray. Democrats can avoid it. But by avoiding it, Democrats ended up imploding more severely when those challenging moments arrive.

I can plot out a course where Kamala Harris wins the 2028 primary for Democrats. The problem is that the path is narrow and forces everyone else in the field to implode, much like Biden in 2020. There are many paths for Harris where she doesn't even make it to the first state. She's yet to win a Democratic primary on a national level - that matters.

Vance, on the other hand, is making the most of his opportunities. It's incredibly easy to see how he wins a primary in 2028. In fact, he might be a prohibitive favorite, keeping others out of the race. And the key is that he's not hiding from everyone like Harris.

It's a tale of two Vice Presidents: one is helping himself, while the other reminds everyone why she was a failure in office and at the top of the ticket.