Ryan does well for GOP; Biden stops the bleeding for Dems
Yael T. AbouhalkahForget the smirks and interruptions from Joe Biden.
In Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, he did quite well when it came to spewing out facts to America.
And most importantly he stopped the bleeding for Democrats after President Barack Obama’s dreadful debate last week.
As for Paul Ryan, he didn’t give the kind of specific answers he needed to on key economic issues, especially for being such a smart guy.
However, he held his own with Biden, and that will help the ticket.
Stephen Platt
7 months, 1 week agoThe best point made by Ryan was that Obama had control of the house and senate in 2009 and 2010 and failed to get any tax reform legislation sdvsnced.
Maybe Obama’s economic/tax framework is the problem. Specifics noted by Ryan such as Obama’s “we will cut the deficit in half” never occured. The upcoming fiscal cliff is a result of this failed leadership.
I suggest Ryan’s answer was from a smart guy - a framework which was discussed will be set up and a bi-partisan deal will be struck. How much more specific do you need, this is not “a my way or the highway” piece of legislation.
Scott Myers
7 months, 1 week agoAlthough these issues are not the most important in the election (Jobs, taxes, economy, foreign policy are at the top), I still don’t understand Rep. Ryan’s lack of understanding of key legal/moral issues. He doesn’t seem to understand that our consitution set up an independent judiciary on purpose so that the top judges (Supreme Court is the best example) are not beholden to the electorate and are charged only with being faithful to the law and the Consitution. Secondly, I don’t understand how he can continue to assert that his personal religious beliefs or the beliefs of his church should dictate the moral choices of others, who are not of his religious persusasion. Would we accept this from him if he were, say, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Jew or a Muslim? I don’t think so, and so I don’t think we should accept it from him. Biden had the correct balanced approach: “These are my beliefs and my church’s beliefs. But I’m not going to impose them on others.”
Phil Cardarella
7 months, 1 week agoWho on earth says Ryan is so smart? Is the bar for policy wonk so low that anyone who san mouth numbers gets to be one?
His numbers DO NOT ADD UP. In third grade, that meant an “F”. I guess in Congress, that passes for GOP Intellectual.
Seriously,solve this equation:
$5 Trillion in tax cuts minus “X” (offsetting deductions taken from taxpayers) = Zero (revenue neutral). Problem is, neither Romney nor Ryan seem to be able or willing to solve for “X”!
Do they not know or are they just lying about the impact on the middle class of their massive tax boondoggle to the wealthy?