There was a lot of pressure on both candidates heading into last night's vice-presidential debate. Ryan need to appear presidential. Biden needed to purge the ghosts of the previous presidential debate. Knowing Joe, it promised to be a lively debate, and it certainly did not disappoint.

It was apparent into Ryan's first answer that Joe wasn't holding anything back. Where Ryan was attempting to maintain a steeley facade, Biden was the definition of animated. From smiles and laughs to exasperated gapes, he was rarely still. He also occassionally interrupted Ryan when Ryan told a particularly aggregious whopper.
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110 comments (Latest Comment: 10/13/2012 04:59:28 by BobR)

I've made the joke that Romney changes his policy positions more often than he changes his underwear. I can understand a person slowly evolving in their viewpoints as they absorb more data, but the whiplash is getting tiresome and disturbing. How can anyone truly understand what he stands for?

This was a problem for President Obama during the debates, in that Romney was arguing positions that did not match up with his previous stances. How do you prepare for that? This graphic here (currently making the rounds) shows one example:
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82 comments (Latest Comment: 10/11/2012 00:56:53 by BobR)

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,020th day in Afghanistan. That is correct; we have entered our twelfth year at war.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,134
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,065

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 380,964,400,000 .00
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72 comments (Latest Comment: 10/09/2012 22:31:15 by Raine)

Maine GOP attacks Democratic state senate candidate for being an orc in WoW Really? That all you got? Way to write off the gamer vote
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6 comments (Latest Comment: 10/08/2012 14:12:57 by BobR)

Good Morning.

Perhaps you're vaguely aware of a gentleman named Carroll Spinney. You're almost certainly aware of his two most famous creations....one large, yellow, bird and a rather mean grouch that lives in a trash can. Mr. Spinney is a native of Waltham...and today's blog is dedicated to him.
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 10/06/2012 16:16:09 by livingonli)