The response on msnbc to Thursday’s feisty VP debate was very different from the anguished one that followed last week’s sleepier presidential one.
It was a “fast moving, intensely combative debate,” said Rachel Maddow. “An intensely kinetic night … it could not have been a starker contrast from last week.”
Chris Matthews, who outlined a checklist for Vice President Joe Biden prior to the debate, had his own version of score-keeping: He said Biden won on the three big issues of taxes, by Text-Enhance” href=”http://leanforward.msnbc.com/_news/2012/10/11/14379524-detailed-and-passionate-biden-wins-high-marks-from-msnbc-panel?lite#”>money for his district, calling it brutal,” to general agreement.
“The place where he really did do damage on domestic policy was Medicare,” added Chris Hayes, the host of msnbc’s Up with Chris. Biden repeatedly addressed the camera directly to ask “who do you trust?” on the issue, contrasting himself and Ryan’s privatization plan.
The response on msnbc to Thursday’s feisty VP debate was very different from the anguished one that followed last week’s sleepier presidential one.
It was a “fast moving, intensely combative debate,” said Rachel Maddow. “An intensely kinetic night … it could not have been a starker contrast from last week.”








