The vice presidential debate between Vice President Biden and Congressman
Paul Ryan, which took place in Danville Kentucky on Thursday last represented a sharp confrontation between two well briefed and gifted politicians. It was political theatre at its best. The debate was made all the more interesting because it was a clash between a veteran of American politics and a rising star in its firmament.
Vice President Joseph Biden was at his best on the night. From the inception he launched a broadside against the policies of Mitt Romney and the Republicans, smiling, gesturing and giving weight to pronouncements by pointing to participation in actual events.
In foreign policy he showed great command of the issues.
