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From Forbes: Ryan Drew Blood Early, Then Cruised to Victory Over Unsteady, Flustered Biden
Complete and utter bullshit article from Forbes.John Tamny, Forbes Staff - About halfway through last night’s debate between Congressman Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden, the VP’s answers – and his unsteady countenance – revealed someone who felt he’d lost. Biden’s pre-debate spin was that he would enter in attack mode, eager to make up for his boss’s universally panned performance the week before.
The problem for Biden was that Ryan drew blood fairly early, thus making any attacks seem desperate. In that case, wobbly after a few blows from Ryan that he couldn’t effectively answer, Biden’s tone took on a yelling quality; the yelling an attack substitute for substantive points that he was unable to make.
Compare this to Congressman Ryan. Whether viewers agreed with him or not, he seemed bigger than the debate, and his slightly unhinged partner. Whatever the question, Ryan had a quick answer or answers, and replies came in a calm, measured tone.
Even worse for Biden, and one can imagine President Obama cringing from afar, as Ryan scored points, Biden took to laughing in an uncontrollable way. Well aware that he lacked a mind quick enough to respond to the myriad jabs of his more nimble competitor, Biden presumably felt his laughs and smirks would effectively communicate what he couldn’t in terms of words, and well-crafted arguments.
Read the rest at your own risk!
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He was probably making his own stuff up... because what he saw was certainly not the same debate I saw. The man must have been watching Ren and Stimpy...
or some other such bizarre program.
That's the author's "other job" according to his bio. No bias there. Nuh-uh! 
I don't know what debate he was watching. I notice it took him a 3 hours to come up with his story line, though. 
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ryan-368273-romney-economic.html
John Tamny: Ryan the safest pick for Romney
... for an election about a sagging economy, no one is better-suited than Ryan when it comes to simplifying what is really quite simple: economic growth. Ryan knows intimately that economic growth is an incredibly basic function of removing the tax, trade, regulatory and monetary barriers to production. Because he does, he was the only choice for Mitt Romney, and his selection greatly boosts Romney's odds versus President Obama on Nov. 6.
John Tamny: Ryan the safest pick for Romney
... for an election about a sagging economy, no one is better-suited than Ryan when it comes to simplifying what is really quite simple: economic growth. Ryan knows intimately that economic growth is an incredibly basic function of removing the tax, trade, regulatory and monetary barriers to production. Because he does, he was the only choice for Mitt Romney, and his selection greatly boosts Romney's odds versus President Obama on Nov. 6.
