Biden, 69, took after Republicans with far more aggression than President Barack Obama displayed in his widely panned Denver debate, interrupting Ryan, smiling, laughing, scoffing, wincing and expressing his disdain in every conceivable way for the other partys ideas and opinions.
Ryan, 42, operating under the brightest spotlight of his career, adopted a far more methodical and less demonstrative tone. Like Biden, he spent part of the debate on the attack, part on the defensive.