I held off giving my impression until others had weighed in. While not perfect- Biden is not a good public speaker - it was well-structured and -delivered. His ad libs were, perhaps, the best part of it, and, I think, most importantly, dispelled a lot of the "sleepy Joe" rhetoric. It was a great environment for his "coming out".

I think it was his best performance as President - energetic, feisty, on point, and specific. I actually found it rousing and unboring. I particularly liked his aside to the Supreme Court.

The response was a gross admixture of Stepford Wives and SNL parody and was "uncanny valley" throughout. Another Republican "rising star" flame-out (joining Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio in the Hall of Shame). Talk about tone deaf.

Biden followed up with a really great ad.