Although GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan held his own fairly well, it was Biden’s desire to shift the momentum that has eluded the Democratic Party in the last week that was most stunning, said Simon Jackman, a professor of political science at Stanford University. 

With a big laugh and teeth-baring smirking, Biden did everything differently than the president did last week.

His body language “wasn’t an accident,” said Benjamin Koll, assistant professor of government at Centre College. “I’m sure he practiced it in front of a mirror. And that’s because the Democratic base criticized the president for not doing it.”

Anyone watching the debate could see the age gap between the two candidates, said Jackman. The generational contrast was almost like the contrast between a father and his son.

“And with the way Biden spoke to Ryan, that’s the image I got,” he said. 

Pundits do not predict the presidential candidates will be pressured to up their game or bring up specific issues following this debate.

Instead, this debate, like most other vice presidential debates, will result in reassuring voters that they are making the right choice. 

This specific vice presidential debate received exceptional interest from the public because the presidential debate went so badly, said Jackman. 

There is not yet a definite consensus on who won the vice presidential debate, but according to two quick-take polls released by CNN shortly after the debate, 48 percent of voters who watched the debate said Ryan took the victory, while 44 percent thought Biden won. 

Half of all debate watchers questioned in these polls claimed the debate did not make them change their position. Twenty eight percent said the debate made them lean toward voting for Romney, while 21 percent said the showdown led them to be more likely to vote for Obama.

Still, this debate was crucial for voters to understand that they can count on their candidates, said Knoll. 

President Obama watched the debate aboard Air Force One on the way home from a full day of campaigning in Florida.

“His passion for making sure that the economy grows for the middle class came through so I’m really proud of him," Obama told the Huffington Post after the debate.

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