A lively debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican rival Rep. Paul Ryan highlighted the differences in the two campaigns last night. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who played Ryan in the vice president’s debate prep, joins “Starting Point” to discuss both the style and substance of Biden’s performance.
“All in all this was a great debate for the American people and the choice is clear today,” Van Hollen says. The vice president “did a great job,” he adds, demonstrating his passion for middle class issues while marshaling “the facts to show that the Romney-Ryan plan would be really bad for the middle class.”
Van Hollen dismisses criticism from some journalists that Biden was disrespectful in his facial expressions by laughing and eye-rolling while Ryan spoke. “I think his passion came through. He cares about these issues, you could feel it,” Van Hollen says. “And there were times that Paul Ryan said things that, as the vice president said, were just ‘malarkey.’ Normal people react to those kinds of things.”
The Congressman also argues that Biden’s criticism of the Romney-Ryan tax plan and the Republican ticket’s voucher plan for healthcare were crucial in clarifying the presidential election.
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What is wrong with the american people today. Do we want to go back to the Bush era? The middle has been fighting each for centuries read your history, in the 1970's a plane was taken over by a terriost group, a woman was shot in her brain she survived, but this is not new to us. Let them take care of their own stuff over there. As for higt prices, President Obama is not a miracle worker. Bush and his elite are now billionaries because of the oil prices who put us over there in the first place? They are laughing at the ignorance of the American people. Those of you voted for Bush remember all the promises that turned into lies and killed out women and men in the services. Do not forget how Bush got into office, he cheated, will this happen again? Probably, haven't you suffered enough, the lose home and your job. Why do you have to listen to the media, follow the facts see if you will be better off, if you do the math and research you might find that you have been lied to by Congressman Ryan. Think before you vote, think of how it impact your life. May God Bless America