Vice President Joe Biden schooled Congressman Ryan during tonight's vice presidential debate. From the economy to foreign policy issues the vice president demonstrated a command and passion for the facts that the Wisconsin congressman lacked. The most damning exchange occurred during a domestic policy discussion when moderator Matha Raddatz and the vice president pressed Ryan for specifics on the Romney-Ryan tax cut plan. Once again Ryan like Romney offered no specifics. The foreign policy debate was completely dominated by Biden which should not be surprising given the vice-president's extensive experience in that realm. However give Ryan's position and experience with foreign policy issues in Congress it is somewhat disturbing that he did not fare better. Given that Biden clearly won the debate, the key question is did Biden disqualify Ryan as vice president. Better stated can you as a voter see Ryan as your president? My answer is a resounding no! Ryan while demonstrating an ability to carry the GOP's message failed to meet even the minimum threshold that voters need to be comfortable with him as vice president. In fact his responses on Iran, Afghanistan and Syria were both naive and bereft of a clear and even moderately sophisticated understanding of the issues. Clearly Ryan is not ready for prime time. Even on domestic issues like the economy where Ryan seemingly would have an advantage he fell short of even modest expectations. One suspects that if Ryan would have been able to present and debate his core conservative beliefs he may have fared better. Still after viewing the debate it is clear that congressman Ryan while he may have a bright future is not ready to be the second in command let alone the leader of the free world. In this match --point Obama-Biden.
Mike Nixon
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