The political press is buzzing this morning about Governor Palin's VP debate performance last evening. I'm finding the pundit reviews to be mostly positive, at least to the extent that most people believe she exceeded the incredibly low expectations that had been set for her.
Personally, I found Governor Palin's performance to be a bit spastic and incredibly evasive. She openly avoided answering questions asked of her and instead returned over and over to her canned talking points. I found her to be over-the-top folksy and never once found her to be the least bit presidential. Her knowledge of issues seemed superficial at best. While she didn't fall flat on her face, I thought she needed to be great to stem the flow of recent McCain losses. She clearly failed to be great.
I thought Joe Biden played it pretty safe in the debates. He came off as serious and extremely knowledgeable and avoided appearing condescending. He did not deliver a knockout blow but I don't believe he needed to. Senator Biden's charge was simply to not screw up Obama's recent positive momentum and I expect he accomplished that modest goal quite nicely.
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