[HannibalHamlinJr]

Summary (also having listened to spin from the left, right, and middle)

Here’s what I think America will take from it:

Biden was hugely rude, obnoxious, childlike ... and ultimately said very little.

Ryan was arguably too quiet, but had facts, figures, a plan.

More importantly - Ryan quietly removed the ability for the Obama campaign to continue calling them liars. In all the sound and fury, Ryan never got dinged, he never got intellectually beat, he answered every question.

The story will be Biden, and it won’t be flattering - mostly will be played out on SNL. Slight win (in independents’ eyes) to Ryan because he held his own perfectly well.

Won’t move the polls, but has established Ryan as a solid national figure, re-enforced that RR is solid. That’s a win for RR. For the Dems - well, the base got to cheer for an idiot. Not much else.

[garyhope]

Thanks for the clear concise assessment HH.

[skinkinthegrass]

Summary (also having listened to spin from the left, right, and middle)
....
Biden was hugely rude, obnoxious, childlike ... and ultimately said very little.
Ryan was arguably too quiet, but had facts, figures, a plan.agree, pretty much a Ryan win..O'Biden was a shrill laughing buffoon...