I would not take their celebration too seriously. They wanted to see Biden get rough with Ryan, and he was rude, but calmed down in the last part. Biden won some points, Ryan won some. Biden did act like a maniac for a while, but that's not too surprising.
My opinion: This round is a tie, but even if it wasn't, it would not matter much.
so did boy wonder come close to being the hero of the 'R's ???
or did slo joe actually succeed in being the alpha dog in the room ???
One side is complaining, the other cheering. We have seen that before.
Next weeks O-R debate is the Town Hall meeting format. But unlike 1992 Obama is not the challenger nor is he a Bill Clinton. Romney needs to convince the audience that Obama is responsible for all the questioners problems.
Obama will be more aggressive than he was in the last debate.
I basically agree with your interpretation, but Biden only calmed down during the final closing arguments. I still think he was making faces non-stop even then, but I may be wrong.
Toward the end, do you remember that one statement Ryan tried to make, and Biden made a weird sound after every single word, causing Ryan to be barely able to get a sentence out, and it was virtually impossible for him to be understood.
I think of all the expense and efforts made to put this debate on, and Biden made it all for nothing. The people in the audience traveled to show up and hear a debate, and instead saw Biden turn the whole program into a farce.