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Friday, October 12, 2012

UK: VP debate: How did they do?

The Guardian

Biden lifts Democrat hopes with forceful VP debate performance

Biden gives strong performance against Paul Ryan, repairing some of the uncertainty after Obama's poor showing last week

Joe Biden dominated the vice-presidential debate against opponent Paul Ryan on Thursday night with an aggressive and confident performance that gave heart to the Democratic base but risked alienating undecided voters.
Biden's combative approach in Danville, Kentucky, went some way towards undoing the damage done by Barack Obama's listless performance last week, scoring point after point against Ryan in a 90-minute debate dominated by foreign issues such as Iran, Afghanistan and Syria and domestic issues including tax and the deficit.
But his demeanour may have proved divisive as he repeatedly dismissed Ryan, talked over him, interrupted, laughed and at one point sighed, "Oh God".
Although the night on balance belonged to Biden, the disparity between him and Ryan was not as pronounced as that last week between an aggressive Romney and a passive Obama.

Read it at The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/joe-biden-vice-presidential-debate

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