Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (D) said Sunday that Vice President
Biden “dominated” his debate with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) last week, so much so
that he "thought he offered him an internship after it was all over.”
“He dominated the guy. I thought he offered him an
internship after it was all over,” Reed quipped during an appearance on a
roundtable on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
Reed dismissed Republican criticisms of Biden’s mannerisms
during the debate, saying the focus on the vice-president’s grinning and laughing
while Ryan was talking is “the most manufactured theme for a guy who clearly
won a debate among independents.
“That’s what counts here,” Reed said. “People who are in the middle and are
undecided, Joe Biden won 51-30.”
Republicans on the the panel, though, continued to criticize Biden, citing his multiple gaffes this campaign season.
“Joe Biden is authentic, and last week he said two things
that are important, every independent voter or undecided should remember,”
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), a prominent Romney surrogate, said.
“One, he said the middle class has been buried the last four years; of course he’s been in charge that last four years. Number
two, that absolutely Obama and Biden are going to raise your taxes, about $2
trillion over the next four years.”
