Opinion
Biden Came; Biden Debated; Biden Scored
Simply, if there’s anything that will make the Obama administration look bad, Fox News will find it. Heck – they even found a story linking Obama to free phones supplied by the world’s richest man.
Simply put: Joe Biden did what Obama should have done last week. On the other hand, perhaps this was preordained and was meant to prepare us for a real discussion between the two political parties and ideologies. What happened on that Kentucky stage tonight is more important than many people can ever know. In fact, we did not know how important it was going to be until the moderator asked the two men to substantiate their debating and talking points.
Biden defended liberalism while Ryan defended conservatism. If you were conservative and watched this debate, you walked away feeling much better about yourself. What was on display was a reasoned way of doing things. Conservative policy on the economy, on taxes and on foreign policy was actually sane – not as wild eyed as the Obama campaign had presented Mitt Romney’s campaign. When it came to issues like caring for the middle class and for ordinary people, Biden made such a compelling case that you just had to give him his due. When he talked about abortion – by saying he had no right to make choices for others – you felt women suddenly glow! Basically, we found out that the conservatives are bad for women and liberals are better at doing things to support the middle class.
Needless to say, the heart of the matter was this: Joe Biden rescued the Obama Campaign Malaise. Do not be surprised to see Obama starting to do better again in the polls. Obama’s campaign is effective at spinning good news of this magnitude. And just so you know how good that campaign is: See how they succeeded in negatively painting Romney.
In essence, at the next presidential debate – one, presumably, for the history books again – it will be up to Obama to prove that he can defend his policies before we can give him the keys to the White House again.
After tonight, Biden may have just softened up the hearts of those who are important in this matter.
Dennis Matanda
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