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GOP sees future, declares Mike Pence winner of VP debate

Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, third from left, sits in the audience before the the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Andrew Gombert/Pool via AP)
Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, third from left, sits in the audience before the the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Andrew Gombert/Pool via AP)
By Aaron Gould Sheinin
Oct 4, 2016

The Republican Party is so confident that Mike Pence will win tonight's vice presidential debate, it declared it so hours early.

The GOP apparently had two pre-written blog posts ready to go hours before tonight's big event in Farmville, Va.: One declaring Pence the winner, one saying Democrat Tim Kaine didn't get asked the tough questions. Only problem is someone hit "publish" a few hours early. .While the blog posts have since disappeared, they were captured, of course, on Twitter.

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