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Networks they think he did a great job. one of the cnn analysts, a woman came out and said yeah, not his best look. women are having a really offensive response to his behavior last night. >> bob: well, let me just take a counter view here. >> andrea: as a woman. >> bob: joe did what he needed to do. this was about a base debate. not about persuadables, number one. number two, i agree he probably went a little overboard with some of the hysterics. however, he did finally with the moderator, fina...

I think the histrionics were not necessarily, but on substance he had ryan on the defensive all night long. >> dana: can i ask bob a question about that, though? >> andrea: yeah. >> dana: would vit been a base debate if obama had done better week before? because biden is trying to get out of the deficit that obama created in the first -- >> bob: thats exactly right. >> dana: biden had a different job last night. actually paul ryans job was to appeal to seniors and to women. i think he nailed tha...

Voters. >> it was a base debate no question about it. jon: if president obama got so, you know, plowed under in that debate by mitt romney, everybody said that at least vice president biden had to keep the democratic ticket in the game. did he accomplish that? >> absolutely. and on issues that are important to them, medicare, the fact that these guys dont really have a tax plan, they keep saying they do. he got ryan -- with the help from the mod toda moderator i might add backed up and not able ...

I think the histrionics were not necessarily, but on substance he had ryan on the defensive all night long. >> dana: can i ask bob a question about that, though? >> andrea: yeah. >> dana: would vit been a base debate if obama had done better week before? because biden is trying to get out of the deficit that obama created in the first -- >> bob: thats exactly right. >> dana: biden had a different job last night. actually paul ryans job was to appeal to seniors and to women. i think he nailed tha...