i think it does. joining us now is congressman chris van hollen, maryland democrat, chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he was vice president biden s sparring partner during his debate prep which means congressman value hollen s time in life as fake paul ryan is coming to a close. congressman, thanks for joining us. yeah, hopefully i now go through my reprogramming here. exactly. tell me your overall assessment of the debate. i know i can cut to the bottom line and i know you think your candidate did well, but what particularly did you like and dislike about tonight? oh, what i liked was the fact that the vice president came out swinging for the middle class. his passion came through. he marshalled all the facts in support of his argument and showed the ryan/romney plan would be a gut punch to the middle class. look, he reminded people romney and ryan were for privatizing social security. that helps cut to the quick on this medicare voucher debate. esse
forget the hypocrisy in wisconsin. ryan voted for a stimulus bill nearly the size of the one he says is a ridiculous expenditure. does malarky mean lie? i think it does. joining us now is congressman chris van hollen, maryland democrat, chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he was vice president biden s sparring partner during his debate prep which means congressman value hollen s time in life as fake paul ryan is coming to a close. congressman, thanks for joining us. yeah, hopefully i now go through my reprogramming here. exactly. tell me your overall assessment of the debate. i know i can cut to the bottom line and i know you think your candidate did well, but what particularly did you like and dislike about tonight? oh, what i liked was the fact that the vice president came out swinging for the middle class. his passion came through. he marshalled all the facts in support of his argument and showed the ryan/romney plan would be a gut punch to the mid