What everyone who's claiming victory for trance including that SF opinion writer fruit seems to miss, is that his slick, smooth performance is more indicative of him being a practiced con artist, than being a debate winner.
I don't know, but I would think that a lot of people were turned off by his slimy, slippery, slick tongued persona.
I would also think that more people tend to identify with Walz and his slight, regular guy nervousness and sympathize with his one or two verbal slip ups, than with trance's overly polished, media savvy phony baloneyness.