Your sad attempt at an “a-ha” moment regarding a few more cars going down the Janesville, WI, plant’s assembly line until May 2009, when Obama could supposedly stop the plant’s official closing in December 2008, shows how weak a hand you have in defending the indefensible. Bottom line Jay: If Ryan’s boss had his way, not only would the Janesville, WI, GM plant have shut down, but so would have each and every automobile plant open on American soil.

And that was just the tip of the iceberg with the equally serious lies about Medicare, the debt commission, and the credit downgrade. And when tell lies this easy to rip to shreds and you’re the guys who go first, you better be prepared to come back to Earth with an anchor tied to your leg when the other guys get their turn next week.

In terms of oration, Ryan wasn’t bad and there will probably be a small bounce just in terms of shoring up the few independent voters out there for a few days. Ultimately, however, the shell game Ryan is trying to play would be easy for a third-grader to get the better of, so serious people are ultimately not gonna let him get away with it.

I concur with you, however, that Condi Rice and Susanna Martinez were fantastic at a superficial level. Rubio was good tonight too. With that level of talent in the party, how on Earth did the GOP get stuck with these two morons at leading their national ticket in an otherwise very winnable election?