My scorecard:
Biden did not have a good start on Lybia. He was oddly smirking at times and it didn't work in his favor. He had no real answer for the intel screw up and Obama will need to do much better. Martha pushed back hard on. I gave that exchange to Ryan and my stomach sank... then JOE completely turned it around and destroyed Ryan.
I could go on and on with the 47% demolition or digs at Ryan begging for stimulus funds... but for me these were the knock outs.
Taxes - Joe destroyed Ryan with an assist from a smart moderator who wasn't going to let either guy get away with vagueness. Joe shocked the living daylights out of me by calling Ryan a liar to his face... ok he labeled it malarkey with a big old happy grin on his face! I freaking CHEERED. The happy warrior Joe who knows his stuff cold came out and just literally ripped Ryan to shreds on Taxes... oh wow, he pinned him again and again on having NO SPECIFICS. When Ryan tried to use the Reagan didn't have specifics dodge, Joe OWNED him saying BS, child, I was there and you weren't! OMG, I was cheering Joe so hard.
Ryan's weakest point was Afghanistan. Seriously, telling the American people we should put our soldiers in the most dangerous places instead of the Afghans we trained? I watched the dial sink and sink. Joe nailed it. Our mission was to get Bin Laden and decimate AQ. While there we helped Afghan retrain but it is over time they step up. It's their country and they need to fight for it. We've spent billions and too many died. Perfect tone, Joe. His we're leaving was so forceful tone. Americans want out and Ryan is making excuses for staying longer. I thought this exchange is when Ryan gulped the most water. He knew his was very unpopular stance.
Then came Iran, and FINALLY some Dem fights back on this BS that Iran is near to having nuclear warhead capability. Good grief, didn't we learn from the North Koreans, it's one thing to have nuclear capabilities but another to create a viable delivery weapon? I am so sick of hearing Iran could send a nuke to Israel next spring. Joe just gave a science lesson to the viewers and kept hammering and hammering Iran is more worried about their failing economy right now. Joe was in his wheel house here and it showed how little Ryan understands. He was repeating talking points and not debating the issues.
Abortion - WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe dropped the smile and his face grew serious and voice husky. PERFECT answer. It's not right to impose my religious beliefs on others. That's not what the Dems are about! He instills fear in every women watching about overturning Roe vs Wade and Ryan falls into the trap set for him. Ryan can't and won't guarantee Romney won't move to criminalize abortions. Pro-lifers are thrilled but at cost of moderates appalled. Game, set, and match.
I apologize to Joe for doubting him. There was such PRIDE in him tonight for the work he and Obama have done. He OWNED the record and values so strongly.
Pride that is what was missing from Obama last week. Pride at how much he HAS accomplished and lifting the nation with the facts he pulled the car out of the ditch and we're moving FORWARD again.