Towery (Pollster): Debate Will Be Remembered for Biden's 'Clown Faces'

NewsMax ^ | 12 Oct 2012 | Paul Scicchitano

[Qbert]

While Paul Ryan showed his nerves in Thursday’s debate by drinking “enough water to be a camel,” vice president Joe Biden’s performance was marked by “clown faces, grimaces, and smiles,” debate expert and pollster Matt Towery tells Newsmax.

“His facial reactions were like that of a novice debater, who was in his first debate round — perhaps in junior varsity,” observed Towery in an exclusive interview. “I mean continuing to make clown faces, and grimaces and smiles. That’s going to be what people are talking about tomorrow.”

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“No one probably imagined that he would interpret a smile as being just an out and out uncontrollable sort of toothy smile that overwhelmed the camera — and the shaking of the head that seemed to be just plain disrespectful,” said Towery, who was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s first debate coach. “And if anyone had any idea, that they intended to go split camera, he should have been much better prepared as to how he was going to respond to that.”

[Snip]

“Ryan really comes away with more from that debate,” said Towery, who noted that the Obama campaign had attempted to portray Ryan as “somehow not only to the right of Romney, but somehow dangerously to the right — sort of a wildman."

Ryan came into the debate very controlled, said Towery. "If anything he was a little bit more subdued.”

[Snip]

“For a guy who’s 42 years old to be subdued is about the only way to keep from appearing to appear almost immature,” said Towery. “Had he been bouncing around all over the place in that debate it would not have come across as him being the aggressor. It would have come across as him being a neophyte and wet behind the ears.”

[who knows what evil?]

“...kind of a grin; with a body behind it...” - Clint Eastwood

[Calpublican]

When his own VP is sneering away and deriding everything his opponent is saying- regardless of the substance or seriousness of the issue, it begs the question, how are Democrats going to work with Republicans when the Dems obviously aren't willing to listen to a single thing Republicans have to say? The Dems have failed time and time again the last four years... yet, they are obstinately opposed to any new solutions.

Well Said!

[Calpublican]

When his own VP is sneering away and deriding everything his opponent is saying- regardless of the substance or seriousness of the issue, it begs the question, how are Democrats going to work with Republicans when the Dems obviously aren't willing to listen to a single thing Republicans have to say? The Dems have failed time and time again the last four years... yet, they are obstinately opposed to any new solutions.

Well Said!