Here’s the sad thing about the Vice Presidential Debate: Education gets ZERO attention.
Billed as a debate on foreign and domestic issues, the Vice Presidential Debate in Danville, Kentucky was much anticipated. Especially after the first Obama no-show.
As debates go, it was civil, to the point and allowed for plenty of clash on some fairly important issues.
When he wasn’t paternal, Vice President Biden featured a toothy smile to indicate his disapproval of whatever his younger opponent Paul Ryan would say.
It struck me a bit like Ward Cleaver debating the Beaver.
But as they started the debate on Libya, Syria, then Egypt and Iran, I kept thinking the debate was way too top heavy on international affairs. Considering that a vice president might attend a state funeral or two, does it matter that Vice President Joe Biden can talk about Israel and Iran and refer to Prime Minister Netanyahu as “BeBe”?
The debate was a third over when using a national security spin, moderator finally transitioned to domestic issues like the economy and jobs, and how to get unemployment down to 6 percent. But aside from Biden’s toothy smiles to Ryan’s Romney talking points, it was nothing we haven’t heard uttered before.
