I’ll be honest, I’m actually a little worried about Ryan vs Biden. In any fair measure, I’m sure Ryan would win. Handily.
But it won’t be fair. We already know the moderator is in the bag for Biden. Heck, he’s probably already got the questions.
But while Obama off-script is a collection of “uh”s and “um”s, Biden is a lot sharper.
Ryan’s challenge will be to knife through the sheer volume of straw men and fictitious facts. If Biden can throw enough his way, he might be able to bog Ryan down by making him waste time refuting BS.
Hopefully this won’t be the case. But still, the Biden+Moderator combo will be much better prepared than Obama was before he got bent over the lectern by Romney. And also don’t forget that the spin machine will also be much better prepared for a Biden defeat for this debate.
We’ll see. Here’s hoping it will be a bloodbath.
An addendum to my previous comment:
One thing to hope for is for Biden’s handlers to try and minimize his gaffe potential by keeping him on strict talking points. If he’s restricted to talking points, Ryan ought to be prepared to shoot them all down then go on the offensive.
Kick @$$, Mr. Ryan!
Um.... You do realize who you are talking about dont you? This guy doesnt have a brain in his head. He even plagiarized a speech because well... he doesnt have a thought of his own. Biden will be revealed as the idiot that he is, or be so afraid of saying something wrong he will look like Obama.
Biden is an arrogant blowhard but not nearly to the degree his boss is. While Obama underestimated Romney, I have no doubt that Slow Joe is taking Ryan very seriously. Why, he may even describe his opponent as “clean and articulate.”
Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. I don’t have any belief that this is going to be a cake-walk for Ryan.
Prognosis of Ryan/Biden debate
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