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Competent and that he can hold the job and sit in the big chair. the question is what happened for those voters in the middle? i think most voters have an opinion. they hadn t seen paul ryan before, and i think they liked what they saw. it was shown in the research. they liked ryan, that he was competent, calm and that he could handle the job. al hunt, did he look too young next to joe biden? i think that was part of the strategy, too, laugh at him, dismiss him, make him marginalize him. did that work? no, it didn t. i thought ryan was fine. i don t share mark s view that people were suddenly clamoring for ryan in the oval office. he certainly held his own, but the story was all about joe biden. that s what last night was. the reason, joe, you re right, it was so important was not because he trounced him or not because it was a repeat of romney/obama, the other way around, you had a very dispirited democratic debate. you had people who really were ....
Super wealthy. and on top of that, they ve got another tax cut coming. look, if you taxed every person in successful small business making over $250,000 at 100%, it would only run the government for 98 days. if everybody who paid income taxes last year including successful small businesses, doubled their income taxes this year, we d still have a $300 billion deficit. you see, there aren t enough rich people and small businesses to tax to pay for all their spending. and so the next time you hear them say don t worry about it, we ll get a few wealthy people to pay their fair share, watch out, middle class. the tax bill is coming to you. so al. good exchange. what do you think, mika? no, al, go ahead. you laughed at that line. a lot of people thought that was a strong line. okay. it was ridiculous. it was ridiculous. what was ridiculous about it, mika? both sides are being ridiculous on this one because neither one of these people are going to balance the budget. ....
This is the biggest failure in the campaign on both sides. amen. is that neither side has made any significant attempt to balance the budget. and what ryan and romney are calling is outrageously stupid. what the president is doing is inadequate. okay. al? good description. nothing partisan about that description. you know, al, the governor brings up a point. i m not sure that i agree with how he describes the two sides, but i will say that when joe biden let s just take these two issues right here. to talk about the stupidity of this campaign. joe biden won t even talk about raising entitlement your date of eligibility for entitlements one year despite the fact when fdr set the life expectancy at 62, we re now up, 79, 80, something like that. and you ve got three people working for every one person getting these entitlements. and then on the republican side, this $5 trillion tax cut, the ....
Win the cy young in the national league. you ve got to like their chances. what do you think, al? oh, i feel good. i feel terrific, joe. this club listen, with davey johnson, the other thing yesterday in the seventh inning, he brings in jordan zimmerman, a starter, the first time he had ever come in from the pen, one of the best starters in baseball, only davey johnson would have pulled that move. and he struck out the side. he did. next, mika s must-read opinion pages. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. ....