For Democrats across the country, it was enormously important for Biden to touch on all the points Obama seemed unwilling to make in the first presidential debate. Last night, Biden succeeded in leaving nothing of the Democratic argument on policy and values unsaid, said John Marshall of TPM. In a CBS instant poll, 50 percent of uncommitted voters found Biden as the winner of the vice presidential debate, compared to only 31 percent who thought Ryan was.

But, in a CNN/ORC poll, registered voters saw a much closer debate, with polling results in favor of Ryan 48% to 44%. Read More