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So what did people think?
CNN’s poll of all registered voter debate watchers had a draw, with a margin of error advantage to Ryan, 48-44.
CBS’s poll of undecided voters had Biden with a clear win, 50-31.
What did you think after a night to sleep on it?
The high priests of the voter fraud bamboozle gathered in Washington yesterday. Ryan Reilly was there.
The Sherman/Berman race out in Los Angeles is already pretty intense and it seems like things got quite heated at a debate tonight in Woodland Hills.
You think Ryan/Biden got heated, check this out. (Video after the jump …) Read More
Photos from the vice presidential debate (definitely this one and this one).
Also this one.
It might be the big follow-on tomorrow: Biden got Ryan to admit that he and Romney supports at least the principle of eliminating Social Security and replacing it with private accounts. In other words, the 2005 Bush plan.
The question from Biden that Ryan refused to answer: “Can you guarantee that no one making less than $100,000 would have a mortgage deduction impacted?”
Also, little noticed in the post-debate spin and chatter: Ryan suggested that he and a President Romney will support privatization Social Security.
I’ll keep it brief.
I’d call the first exchange on foreign policy basically a draw. Biden was on uncomfortable terrain on the Libya story. On each successive encounter, Biden was on the offensive and owned the conversation. I don’t think it was close. Ryan looked like a kid and certainly on foreign policy totally out of his depth. People forget that Biden’s lived foreign policy and national security for decades. He knows the stuff inside and out. The most difficult moment for Ryan was when Raddatz and Biden both pressed him for any specifics on how they can play for their tax plan. He simply refused. That’s all he could do because they have no way to pay for it. That’ll leave a bruise and cue up questions for next week. Read More
10:18 PM: For what it’s worth, I think Raddatz has done a really good job with his. Has really pressed candidates at key points. Has kept control of the debate. Basically the moderator’s role is to let the candidates debate. It’s not about them. I think she’s done a decent job.
10:31 PM: I heard Alex Castellanos say this afternoon that the older guy often has an advantage in a debate. And how. I wouldn’t by any means say that Biden’s age is his only advantage. Far from it. Ryan looks like a kid, out of his depth.