Quote Originally Posted by mr_pikachu View Post
Well, I'm speaking more toward Ryan's inability to make the point about the Obama-Biden ticket lacking strength, because in my view, Biden showed substantially more strength than Ryan tonight. I do think Biden started to look bad with some of the scoffing while Ryan was still speaking (a separate issue from the interruptions themselves). But while those were a minor black mark against Biden, Ryan's lack of force tonight rendered his "strength" argument impotent.

This is just my take on things, not really a statement of fact. I'm just calling it how I saw it, from my perspective.
Well let me again point out two examples.

A: 2000, Al Gore frequently sighed audibly on air while Bush was talking, and in the Town Hall meeting, began walking up close to Bush. Now this may come off as being negative against your opponent as you suggest, but at the end of the day the public saw it as rude.

B: 1992 George H.W. Bush Sr. was caught checking his watch out of annoyance during a debate between Perot and Clinton. Again this type of attitude played horrible with the audience.

Now George H.W. Bush and Al Gore had great rhetoric and strength in their debates. But at the end of the day their rude attitude ended up hurting them with voters.