Short version: if they were planning to get Joe Biden to save the campaign, well, they need a Plan C. It was not an exercise in applied brutality like last week’s debate; but I seem to remember that Joe Biden wasn’t this much of an asshole when he was debating Sarah Palin. That seems to have cost him among CNN’s undecided voters, who were generally meh towards the man.
One note: undecideds did react favorably to Biden on abortion. Keep that in mind.
Anyway… won’t move the needle on its own, which means that the GOP won on points. Ryan came across as knowing what the hell he was talking about, which is precisely the last thing that Joe Biden wanted to have happen. Forward!
Debating Biden is like debating your loud drunk uncl at a holiday party, I think this may halt obamas collapsing poll numbers but I don’t see it reversing the trend from last week.
Ryan did fine. Biden did okay, but hurt himself with the smirks. I do not see this changing anything from immediately before the debate.
I would have preferred a states rights argument on abortion, but overall Ryan was fine.
“undecideds did react favorably to Biden on abortion”
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By presenting himself as a prime candidate, apparently.
Proverbs 29:9 — If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
(Not a Bible guy by any means, but a friend posted this on FB, and it fits perfectly.)
Biden uncorked several provable lies–HHS mandate, voting yes to both wars AND the prescription drug mandate, and denying the Benghazi security request. With the boorish behavior–I can’t say this helped Obama in any way–indeed, it may under scrutiny, hurt him.
qsclues that is classic. Not a huge Bible person either but I might have to borrow that one.
Thank you, RNC Debate Committee, for approving that wonderfully unbiased moderator. Heckuva job, guys.
Now go back to your golf games.