Ryan, Biden prepare to fight ahead of VP debate

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Vice President Biden are ready for Thursday night's debate, according to their Twitter feeds. Both seemed ready for a fight.

Barack and I are in this because we'll never stop fighting for you. You’ll see that tonight. –Joe

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 12, 2012

Let's get this done! twitter.com/PaulRyanVP/sta…

— Paul Ryan (@PaulRyanVP) October 11, 2012

Ryan prepared early in the day with a "pep talk from one of my most trusted advisors," according to a tweet: His son, Sam.

Great pep talk from one of my most trusted advisors. twitter.com/PaulRyanVP/sta…

— Paul Ryan (@PaulRyanVP) October 11, 2012

Biden's account tweeted a photo from the faux set where he was getting in a last practice round ahead of the debate.

Joe photo of the day: prepping for tonight’s debate. twitter.com/JoeBiden/statu…

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 11, 2012

Both campaigns were ramping up their presence online ahead of the debate. Although neither campaign bought a national trending topic on Thursday, the Romney campaign promoted Paul Ryan tweets in searches for both the VP candidates names and for "debates" on Twitter. 

Democrats and Democratic committees were showing their support for Biden on Facebook. The Democratic Governors Association suggested their social media followers sign a digital card telling Biden to, "Go get 'em Joe."

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had a separate card reading, "Give ‘em hell, Joe!" in keeping with the Obama campaign's suggestion that Biden would get aggressive this week, in contrast to the president during last Wednesday's first presidential debate.