Debate drumming: V.P. edition

A blink at what's being said about Thursday's vice presidential debate...

“Congressman Ryan … has a choice to make Thursday: either stand by the extreme positions he’s been the face of for years — and that Governor Romney has fully embraced — like turning Medicare into a voucher program and cutting taxes for the wealthiest few at the expense of the middle class, or flat-out deny their existence as Governor Romney did in last week’s debate,” a "Biden official" told Politico.

“A lot of people give Joe Biden grief for some verbal gaffes, but if you go back and look at his debates, he’s always been a solid debater,” A Romney campaign official told the Chicago-Sun Times.

"You know I'd better get started. You just reminded me. No, it’s going well," Paul Ryan joked to reporters Sunday when asked about preparing for the debate.

"Ryan is going to face pressure to explain some of the dishonest claims he and Romney have been making, especially on things like Medicare, taxes and the auto industry," Co-Founder of pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Bill Burton told the Denver Post.

“Joe Biden is a gifted orator. He is very good at rhetoric, and I think is he very relatable," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said on CNN.