Paul Ryan

Excerpt from the 2012 Vice Presidential Debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Vice President Joe Biden on Paul Ryan's Stimulus Benefits.

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Residents of Janesville, Wisconsin share their impressions after meeting Paul Ryan at one of his "listening sessions".

As they share: "When you talk to him he would agree with you and then for some reason when he would go to vote on the bill it was 180 degrees from what he agreed with us when you meet him face-to-face."

At last night's debate, we saw the essence of The Romney-Ryan Strategy: doubling down on widely, repeatedly debunked attacks.

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CBS' Scott Pelley: "You made on your investments personally about $20 million last year and you paid 14% in federal taxes. That's the capital gains rate. Is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did?"

CBS' Scott Pelley: "So you think it is fair?"

Romney: "Yeah, I think it's the right way to encourage economic growth."

Voiceover: Lower tax rates for him ... than us. Is that the way to grow America?

The Ryan budget is now the ticket mate with every House Republican running for office and is a down ballot drag on their prospects.

From the casual fib to the flat-out falsehood, these are the seven habits of highly misleading people.

Will Paul Ryan display all these highly misleading habits in the debate? We'll find out tonight.

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Mitt Romney isn't being honest about his extreme positions. The real Mitt Romney will say anything to close the deal, even if it's not true. People need to know who the real Mitt Romney is, and where he stands. Because there's no hiding when you're President.

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Paul Ryan's eloquent rhetoric can't hide the harsh reality. We compare side-by-side Paul Ryan's words with facts from Congressman Chris Van Hollen's speech.

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Watch the enhanced version of the debate here: http://OFA.BO/VPGjvm

Congressman Chris Van Hollen lays out the choice that Congressman Ryan faces on Thursday when he debates Vice President Biden. Ryan can stand by the extreme positions he and Governor Romney hold, like turning Medicare into a voucher program that ends the program's guaranteed benefits for seniors. Or he can flat-out deny the existence of these promises, as Governor Romney did in last week's debate when he denied their plan to cut taxes for the wealthiest few at the expense of the middle class -- a plan they've touted for months.

The Vice President on the other hand will do what he does best: tell the truth and talk directly to the American people about the concrete vision that he and the President share to build the economy from the middle out.

"It's one of the hardest decisions a family can make ...realizing a nursing home is the only choice. For many middle class families, Medicaid is the only way to afford the care. But as a governor, Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times. And as President, his budget cuts Medicaid by one-third. And Burdens families with the cost of nursing home care. We have a president who won't let that happen."