[Arthurio]

He probably should have been armed with some more one liners. He had a pretty good one for the 47% attack - equating it to Biden’s gaffes.

Biden is a real shark though, and has been debating and arguing before Ryan was even in diapers. There would have been a real danger to attempt a toe to toe exchange, with little upside other than our visceral pleasure.

The important thing is he walked away without any gaffes, or Dan Quayle “deer in the headlights” type of moment. This allows the campaign to return to the Romney momentum story.

I also think this play it safe strategy by Ryan and Biden’s hyper aggressiveness shows that both campaigns believe that Romney truly is ahead and it isn’t just some debate bounce polling aberration.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Yep - I think it went down like it should have. Biden is a self-important flake and all he had to work with is policy holes to only make deeper, which he did. He may have entertained his base for the evening, but convincing the general electorate that Team Obama is credible and trustworthy - no. The debate postmortems in the next 24-48 hours are going to be brutal.