I was really shocked at how badly Ryan performed in that debate. Prior to then, Ryan had been touted for years as a true conservative and the next great Republican leader. Next great Republican president. Yeah, right. The man is an empty shell, and the shell is just a nasty piece of work.
Most of the reason why Ryan lost to Biden in that VP debate was because Ryan's only goal was to apologize, stupidly, of course, for Romney's 47% comment which horrified the RINOs and made them puddle the floor. Once the apology was out of the way, the rest of it was Ryan being the empty suit that he is finishing the job of losing to a complete imbecile.
Ryan didn’t know how to respond to Biden’s bullying style of debate. The establishment republicans, all of whom criticize Trump’s abrasive style, are too polite to be able to deal with it effectively. They either don’t know how to win or don’t want to.
Trump, on the other hand, has no problem debating a blow hard like Biden. He doesn’t follow the ivy league rules of debate, but he can be very effective - especially when dealing with someone like Biden.