President Obama wasted no time letting us know who he thought won the V.P. debate tonight, as reported by Jon Ward, and Jennifer Benery. President Obama said:
"I'm going to make a special point of saying that I thought Joe Biden was terrific tonight," the president told reporters after stepping off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on his way back to the White House after a day of campaigning in Florida.
Ward and Benery say "Joe Biden did everything President Barack Obama did not last week, and a good bit more."
“He had his Red Bull. He certainly had his caffeine,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said after the debate.
It was a performance by the vice president guaranteed to amp up -– and buck up -– worried Democrats, who had fallen into a paralysis of anxiety after the president's debate. No one represented that Democratic angst more than blogger Andrew Sullivan, a supporter of the president. ... Sullivan, for the record, called the night "a solid win for Biden" and called Ryan "competent."
The Obama campaign team, in the spin room after the debate, focused on repeating the theme that, as Axelrod said, Biden showed "passion" and that he showed "a great concern for the middle class." Passion was the thing Obama lacked last week, and Romney surprised the president and Democrats by talking constantly about how his policies would help the middle class.
Republicans were not as enthusiastic and did a lot of complaining about Joe Biden's domination of debate - none of it very memorable. But, this article has a lot of debate quotes and perspectives, if you would like a review.