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I knew when he gave him this assignment and said, joe, you're going to carry this flag into battle, he couldn't wait to get prepared for it. he did great. what's interesting, the republicans around here in the so-called spin room, what are they criticizing? oh, he laughed too much. he smiled too much. they want to go after style points because they lost on all the substance points. those of us who know joe biden, this guy wears his heart on his sleeve. he's a guy with big laughs, big tears. that's who he is. >> senator dick durbin, we thank you for your time tonight. we appreciate it. >> good ...

You. thank you. >> ezra klein is our resident wonk, and he has a wonk question for you. so i'm going to hand thing over to ezra. >> hey, good evening. >> governor daniel's speech was mostly about debt. and one of the points he made is that the debt has run up quite a bit under president obama. "the new york times" recently did an analysis, an apples to apples of debt under the two presidents from their policies, not the economic policies around them. the bush tax cuts versus the stimulus. they found that under push, the policies themselves amount to $5 trillion under bush and obama, $1.5 trill...

Ronald reagan tonight. let's turn now to congressman reid ribble of wisconsin. he is a republican in his first term. congressman, we feel lucky to have you tonight. thank you for being with us. >> rachael, i'm glad to be here. thank you. >> ezra klein is our resident wonk, and he has a wonk question for you. so i'm going to hand thing over to ezra. >> hey, good evening. >> governor daniel's speech was mostly about debt. and one of the points he made is that the debt has run up quite a bit under president obama. "the new york times" recently did an analysis, an apples to apples of debt under th...