I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT!

Psych!  Not really!  Why anyone wants to be President nowadays is beyond me.  Growing up, it was the ultimate job parents wanted for their little boys.  President of the United States was the dream job.  My mother, however, was sure my brother was going to be a Senator.  She started calling him 'The Senator' when he was a baby.    I have a recent picture of him in a suit standing in front of the Capitol and he does look very Senator-ish. 
 
I watched last night's debate and I've read lots of comments on both contestants.   I think if you like Joe Biden he did great.  If you like Paul Ryan, he did great. 

I believe all that smiling, etc. that Joe did was a debate tactic.  It's who he is and he's been described as feisty, rude and scrappy.  I think he's old school.  He reacts outwardly; too much sometimes as I sat there wincing thinking "Come on Joe, tone it down."  He tried to rattle his opponent.   I think it was deliberate to offset the President's performance from last week.  Joe knew what he was doing and how he would be received but he took one for the team.   I looked beyond the antics and saw he had good content. 
 
Paul Ryan was unflappable.  It did not appear to me that Joe rattled him.  Ryan is from a newer generation where he's schooled or taught himself not to openly react.  Ryan had a few smirks of his own though.  He held his own throughout the debate and had good content also.

I think I'll ask "The Senator" his opinion about the debate.   He's a schmart guy but I'm so glad he's not in politics!