Lol, I actually somewhat agree with hellblazer, I think they were using this debate as a test to see how much they could get away with and not look crazy. And to stop the momentum that the republicans had.
He went a little too crazy though. There were a few times where he sounded really powerful, but most of the time it was just too much. Ryan seemed much more cool, collected, and not annoying and partisan as he usually is.
It seems to have worked, but now the right is going to talk about how crazy he was until the next debate.