New ad from Obama/Biden campaign: "Thirsting for an answer"

My thoughts on last night's VP debate:

• Still no details or specifics on how Romney/Ryan plan to lower taxes for everyone, create jobs and lower the deficit.  Still.

• While some found VP Biden's smiling and head shaking annoying, I found him engaging.  Clearly there were rules that he couldn't interrupt during Paul Ryan's 2 minute answers, so he was staying engaged and not just waiting while Ryan put out his distorted talking points.  Good for Joe.  While not speaking, he was staying a part of the discussion.  Good tactic.

• Glad Biden called Paul Ryan out for requesting stimulus funds saying in a letter "It will create growth and jobs" after criticizing it and voting against it.  Very effective moment.  Ryan's weak response: "It's what we do."  Not effective.

• "Eddie Munster" - all I'm saying...

• Women should be seriously concerned about that pause Ryan took after the abortion question was raised.

• Paul Ryan didn't do a bad job.  But his (and Romney's) positions are outside of the mainstream in America.

• After Ryan expounded on Mitt Romney's generosity and kindness - which the campaign has been doing a lot of lately and is proving effective - Joe Biden came back with a great response: "Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility."

A CBS poll of entirely uncommitted voters showed 50% felt VP Biden won, 31% felt Paul Ryan won, and 19% said it was a tie.

A CNN/ORC poll - which CNN later admitted was slightly skewed with more Republicans - found 48% thought Ryan won while 44% said Biden won.  Because the sampling size was small, the 4 point spread was within the margin of error.