At a time when we have a jobs crisis, wouldn’t it be nice to have a job creator in the White House?Paul Ryan, making his final appeal to the American viewing public: “We ask for your vote.”
In a way, though, the only time Biden ever cools down is when he’s washing down his Trans Am.
Our faith informs us in everything we do, that’s matter of course. But it’s not simply because of my Catholic faith, but also because of reason and science. …I believe that life begins at conception.Paul Ryan, explaining his position on abortion. He detailed seeing his unborn child on an ultrasound for the first time, and seeing her heart beat, as a reason he views life as beginning at conception. He said a Romney/Ryan ticket would oppose abortion, though he insists exceptions would be made for cases of rape and incest.
I’ve been throughout that whole country… the fact is we went there for one reason, to get those people who killed Americans. Al-qaeda. We have decimated al-qaeda central, we have killed Osama bin Laden.Joe Biden, finally name dropping Osama bin Laden in the debate’s Afghanistan segment. Biden and Ryan clashed earlier over looming defense cuts forced by last year’s sequestration deal – Biden advocated for a “leaner” military with more special forces, while Ryan denounced the deal’s mandatory cuts, despite having voted for them in congress.
The style verdicts so far? We’d call Biden blustery, forceful, but stumbling and chortling. Ryan, on the other hand, has been a model of relentless, incessant energy, with a reasonable little dose of smarm.
What I’ve always agreed, is let younger Americans have a voluntary choice to let their money work faster for them in the Social Security system.Paul Ryan, defending how he and his running mate Mitt Romney primarily want to reform the entitlement state –a voucher system for Medicare (what Ryan calls a “premium support plan”), and a partial privatization of Social Security. This divide between Ryan and Biden has been a vociferous one, with Biden casting Ryan as a dedicated foe of these popular entitlements.
Our very own Seth Millstein, making a key point. He’s rocking the Twitter feed.
Martha Raddatz is getting some great reviews:
Raddatz is such a better moderator than Lehrer. Undebatable. #debates
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) October 12, 2012
OH in the newsroom: ‘Finally, a f-cking moderator with some balls!’
— HuffPost Media (@HuffPostMedia) October 12, 2012
As is Joe Biden:
Biden en FUEGO right now.
— felix salmon (@felixsalmon) October 12, 2012
Biden’s body language is making up for Obama’s in this #debate
— Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) October 12, 2012
Ryan’s getting more mixed reviews, though:
Paul Ryan sounds like an internet troll who gets his talking pts from wacky viral emails. Joe is doing great. Admit I’m relieved.
— Libby Spencer (@libbyspencer) October 12, 2012
Biden probably winning debate so far, but Paul Ryan doing a great job making the Romney campaign relatable and personable. #VPDebate
— Nathaniel Repay (@NRepayIglesias) October 12, 2012
What do you think so far?
(Above: Martha Raddatz with the horn from “Around the Horn,” which she politely declined.)
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You’re a foreign policy expert. Facts matter.Vice President Joe Biden’s rebuke to debate moderator Martha Raddatz, who suggested Biden’s rhetoric on Iran (he condemned “loose talk” of Iran obtaining a weapon, in spite of their distance from the necessary technology) sounded as if he was saying Iran didn’t want such a weapon.
That’s incredible… These are the most crippling sanctions in the history of sanctions, period.Joe Biden, defending his administration’s stance on sanctions against Iran. Paul Ryan accused the administration of lacking any credibility on preventing Iran’s nuclear program, which elicited a broad grin from Biden and the above rejoinder. The debate has been pointed and hot so far, as Biden is striking the polar opposite mood of President Obama’s listless performance last week.
That’s a bunch of malarkey.Joe Biden, attacking Paul Ryan on his ticket’s response to the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, in which the Romney campaign accused President Obama of seeming to sympathize with the killers.
“With all due respect, that’s a bunch of malarkey, because not a single thing was accurate.” Biden threw out wide smiles when listen to Ryan talking foreign policy, and started ripping immediately after.
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