To “plot” a comeback, they’ll need to “plant” a brain.
What are they planning, replace one of Bidens eyes with a laser to blind Ryan?
Or will Biden dress up as Big Bird?
Biden can be a bully, I expect he will try to push Ryan around, and make Ryan look “small”. Although he is a bufoon, I think most underestimate Joe when it comes to what else he is capable of. This wont be the same as Joe debating “a girl” like last time.
If it takes 6 days to prep Biden for a debate with Mitt Romney, imagine how long it would take to prep him for dealing with the outbreak of war between Iran and Israel
Not that we have to worry about Biden ever being the President and leader of the free world
...right?
GIven that Ryan had no problem correcting Obama’s lies, directly to his face, in a public forum, I don’t imagine any of Biden’s whoppers will survive.
Ryan needs to avoid taking the bait on set up questions or assertions, because that would be the Axelrod/Biden model.
Four years without a budget. N5 trillion more in debt. 1 trillion deficits,
Joe may attack Ryan’s plans but we’re living the Obama plan already.
But even if Biden does acceptable well -- recalling that Sarah Palin won the last debate -- then there is the unfavorable comparison is between Biden's performance and Obama's performance -- and the question arises as to how someone who is in need of a brain transplant could possibly out-debate Obama.
(*)"Honey, I Shrunk the President"
"Think about it: John McCain was feeble. Alan Keyes, whom Obama beat in his 2004 Senate campaign, was crazy. All the Democrats who ran in 2008 were preposterous except Hillary Clinton, and she, as a beneficiary of nepotism, was highly overrated as a politician. He used Chicago-style dirty tricks to dispatch his original opponent in 2004, as well as the state senator he replaced back in the 1990s. The test he failed last night is one to which he had never been put."
Here’s the problem for Obama and his campaign:
He’s a failure as President. The only way he can win re-election is to make the campaign be about the Republican candidate, and define that candidate as negatively as possible.
So that’s what they did — and they did it quite well. But, by defining Romney as a cross between Thurston Howell and Gordon Gekko, they had a problem — what if Romney got up on stage and didn’t fit the caricature?
Obama’s loss wasn’t about Obama not using this line or that line — it was about Romney not fitting the caricature and appearing to be a reasonable alternative to Obama for the undecideds (2/3rds of whom think the country is on the wrong track).
Obama will certainly do better in the next debate, but the question is how exactly is he going to make the flesh and blood Romney look like the guy they savage in their ads? A couple zingers aren’t going to do that.
Obama’s people turned this campaign from a referendum on Obama’s performance into a referendum on whether Romney is an acceptable alternative. Given Obama’s track record, that was their best option. Their problem now is that Romney, post-debate, doesn’t fit that caricature, and all the “Obama came out much better tonight” post-debate MSNBC garbage next week won’t change that.
Romney’s goal is to again sound reasonable, fend off attacks, and continually drive home the President’s failures. If he does that, he’ll win no matter what zingers Obama unleashes.
Pretty sad when all you have to hang your hopes on is Bite Me.
Plugs is an experienced debater. And nasty. For Ryan it’ll be like being locked in a small room with a 180 lb wharf rat with the leftmedia trying to help the rat.
Don’t expect great things out Ryan under the circumstances. He’ll do well if he holds his own.
Maybe they can put that robot that played Jeopardy n a Joe Biden suit for the debate.
Maybe they can put that robot that played Jeopardy in a Joe Biden suit for the debate.
” - - - Mr. Obama made clear to advisers that he was not happy about debating Mr. Romney, whom he views with disdain. It was something to endure, rather than an opportunity, aides said.”
This quote from the NYT article exposes Obama’s arrogance.
Biden will try to compensate for Obama on this topic.
While Biden is off on that wrong track, Ryan needs to attack the Obama-Biden team on their irresponsible financial stewardship.
No surprise, Old Mad dog joeBiden is going in for the kill.
We will see if the boy wonder budget wiz kid is prepared for 2 hours of attacks on Romney and himself.
This will be a completely different show than that first debate. If Ryan stays on offensive we will know he won, if Biden draws him off to mostly defense then it wont be good, as Romney isnt the failed POTUS.
Although I can predict 99.9% posters on this site will say that Ryan won even if they miss the debate :)
Neither Romney or Ryan are doing this as naive schoolboys.
They took their debate prep seriously and have been on it for weeks.
He isn’t going in cold. I hope he is confident!
Neither Romney or Ryan are doing this as naive schoolboys.
They took their debate prep seriously and have been on it for weeks.
He isn’t going in cold. I hope he is confident!
My prediction for the VP debate:
They are coaching Biden to go over the top with attacks. He will say something like “You want to put America in chains” or “You really are wiling to push senior citizens over the cliff.”
This will lead Ryan into a terse statement that the Democrat party is all about rhetoric because their last four years has had no substance. I hope that Ryan takes this moment to “go Gingrich” on Biden.