The guys over at the daily "First Read" political briefing by NBC/MSNBC, providing a curtain-raiser analysis for tomorow's vice presidential debate, decided to push back against the lamentable tendency of some political journalists to treat everything in a campaign as part of a horserace. Instead:
"Consider tomorrow night Game 2 of a baseball playoff series. After ace Romney beat ace Obama in Game 1, Democrats are looking for their No. 2 starter, Biden, to even the score. And Republicans are looking to go 2-0. That's what at stake Thursday, and that's why there's more pressure on Biden than on Ryan."