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Ryan wasnt especially bad but he clearly wasn't prepared to handle all Biden’s zingers, and it should have been obvious to everyone Biden would be in attack mode. All Biden’s attacks were predictable and Ryan should have had been prepared to blow them up in the air.

It was hard to tell about Ryan's preparation sometimes, because Biden kept talking over him. But as I said, I don't think this debate matters anyway.

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One thing that is hurting Ryan is that starting in 2010 around that Obama-care debate with Obama, Ryan was promoted as a budget wizard who was sold as being able to talk circles around any Dem (Obama) about fixing the deficit.

I remember Scarbouro saying he DREAMED of Ryan as the VP pick so this race would be a REAL debate about the deficit and spending.
But now the budget wizard is forced to say that he doesn't have to explain how he will keep the candy tax cut promises from becoming deficits because he will trust the congress to figure that out. I wouldn't want to be handed an argument like that to defend as he was.

On the Biden debate, Ryan could have said assertively “Let me finish” if he was confident of his arguments. Palin had a similar problem being restrained by the McCain campaign positions. And Ryan has his own problems. I figured he was not used to debating unlike Biden who is.