first off though, just the issue that peter alexander was bringing up. that is the stark difference when you look at the way vice president joe biden was expressing himself. some saying overly energetic, perhaps condescending in some spaces. do you think he went too far? how do you answer those critics? first of all, joe is joe. i think he was in complete command, overwhelming in terms of experience. yes, he smiled a little more often and that s what happens when you really believe that it s noncompetitive and it shouldn t happen. and paul ryan put in a better performance than most people, including me ever, ever expected. do you think biden went too far though? no, of course not. i think after anyone analyzes this, and i m concerned about the public s wanting to know what the facts are. facts have anything to do with it, biden was completely in charge of it because paul ryan
you served with joe biden, what would be your advice to paul ryan. a lot of republicans seem overconfident how well ryan will do against ryan. mistake? the question that ryan has strong appeal, particularly in the midwest, just his personality, joe is joe. the slip-ups that you see are ones that were regular part of the menu when he was chair of the foreign relations committee and later chair of the judiciary. but it will be entertaining. joe is always entertaining. and i think you re going to see a very substantive debate with ryan. he is a master of factual presentations and i think you ll see a solid debate on the budget. jackie, one of the things i like to remind people, joe biden won almost all the debates over hillary and edwards. look what he did with the sarah palin debate last cycle. everyone thought that could have been a disaster and it wasn t. if he can prepare for these things, don t underestimate joe biden.
to say. in one week he thought he was in the wrong state. he thought he was in the wrong country. he didn t know that paul ryan was a congressman and of course he said this awful thing. the other three i don t know. everybody makes mistakes but joe seems to make a disproportionate number of mistakes. and i really do believe and don t get offended because republicans believe this, we all believe this, we believe we re treated more unfairly by the media than democrats. i truly believe that were a republican, sarah palin made that level of mistakes, dick cheney, he d be plastered all over the media, the new york times would go nuts, they d be raising questions about is he smart enough, what s going on. how does a guy make so many mistakes? is he fit to be president? that s really why i said it because i want to even up the score. you can see our entire conversation, rudy giuliani, on our blog, by the way, meet the press nbc.com. chuck todd the biden effect. we talk about the ryan ef
off message. i don t think there s anything wrong with his tax returns. i don t think there s anything like a crime or a fraud or anything like that. this man s an honest man. he s been an honest man all his life. i think it s the feeling that this will give them the opportunity to divert this campaign if they give them too much material. you mentioned the parry and thrust and vice president biden raising a lot of eyebrows with his quote. he said there was no racial implication. you ve been tough on vice president biden. you said he doesn t have the mental capacity, should he become president that he s not too bright. what s the impact of something like this this week? well, i was astounded by his remarks. when i first heard it, i didn t see i didn t see the the tape. i just heard it. and i was really startled by it. this is a dumb remark. and that s why i said he s not so bright, and you wonder. it wasn t just that comment. joe is joe was on jay leno. he s not a vice preside
country. he didn t know that paul ryan was a congressman and of course he said this awful thing. the other three i don t know. everybody makes mistakes but joe seems to make a disproportionate number of mistakes. and i really do believe and don t get offended because republicans believe this, we all believe this, we believe we re treated more unfairly by the media than democrats. i truly believe that were a republican, sarah palin made that level of mistakes, dick cheney, he d be plastered all over the media, the new york times would go nuts, they d be raising questions about is he smart enough, what s going on. how does a guy make so many mistakes? is he fit to be president? that s really why i said it because i want to even up the score. you can see our entire conversation, rudy giuliani, on our blog, by the way, meet the press nbc.com. chuck todd the biden effect. we talk about the ryan effect. you heard republicans this week saying he s a joke that he should be dumped from th