For Democrats hungry to see a member of their team get back into the game, these moments of Joe Biden pinning Paul Ryan down on his tax plan were quite welcome. You should watch. But the real significance was finally getting down in public and on the record Ryan’s (and Romney’s) dogged refusal to explain how their math could possibly work. Read More
TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 256, Romney 235 based on the Maxon-Dixon and new Rasmussen polls pushing Florida into the Lean Romney category.
Benjy Sarlin talks to the folks using Sarah Silverman and Samuel L. Jackson in viral videos to get the most out of their PAC bucks.
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.