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Pondering the vice presidential debate this morning after a good night’s sleep, I’ve decided that Joe Biden got the better of the battle in one overriding respect:
Paul Ryan’s performance, while at least acceptable to Republican partisans, did little or nothing to advance the GOP ticket’s cause beyond the gains made by Mitt Romney in his debate last week with Barack Obama.
But Biden, on the other hand, seems to have stanched the bleeding suffered by the Democratic ticket after Obama’s listless performance against Romney. Hence, advantage Biden.
Then, too, as Steve Benen acutely OBSERVES:
[T]he Democratic post-debate message ...
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