General Discussion

I did not watch the debate. But nearly the entire commentary post debate appears to be Biden 'walked slowly, his skin was pale, he mis-spoke and corrected himself, he stammered, he coughed, his voice was weak, etc.'
Pure media manipulation. None of these things are important.
I remember when Dubya was running for office the first time. I had made a commitment to myself to learn about how our government works in more detail so first up was an early GOP debate in probably late 1998. There were a lot of candidates on stage and Dubya was at the far left. I listened to the whole painful thing. Bush did not answer one single question, he just leaned on the podium, bobbed his head and yucked at his own jokes like he did throughout his Presidency. Next morning, reviewing the on line national news, every single major news organization was crowing about Bush's masterful performance. It has been this way ever since.