[ronald reagan]

I believe that Joe Biden's performance was one of the worst I've saw, and I've watched 50 plus debates. His persona, rudeness, childishness, smirk, sighs, head shaking, etc... It diminishes someones view of what a VP supposed to be, and even more so what a grown man is supposed to be. He continually messed up with his statements, studdering and forgetting words or using the wrong ones. He kept on bringing up the 47%, which includes combat soldiers.... and how much he cared about them, then turned around and said he voted against funding them and giving them the tools they needed because it wasn't paid for. Ryan presented himself as a very professional, polite, and well versed gentleman. I liked how he kept from getting to specific, and followed the same path that Reagan did to victory. Broad principles, guiding principles. There's a huge benefit in that approach.... The president will never get exactly what he wants. Thus if he lays out broad terms with guiding principles, the details can be worked out around it by congress... What really upset me though, was to see Ryan let Biden own the Detroit debate. Biden said over and over that Romney wanted Detroit to go bankrupt. Thats a true statement. What Ryan didn't say, however, was that GM DID GO BANKRUPT, even AFTER TARP funding and a second bailout! Romney would have saved the tax payer 50 plus billion if they'd followed his plan which was to let them go bankrupt and then offer minimal support to help them restructure. (Romney floated the idea of giving them a few years of tax relief, and mediation with the union to negotiate a workable and profitable plan. Remember Romney is an expert at Business.).