Posted by
Bob B on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:13:50 AM
Both sounded good
Biden sounded more professional, more polished as a political debater.
Each had the potential to blow it for their candidate, but it did not happen.
Neither made a serious gaffe.
I saw no winner or loser.
The celebration in the Palin camp was exuberant, in the Biden camp mild. That puzzles me. Perhaps the Biden supporters were expecting Palin’s performance to be so miserable that Obama’s election would be secured. If that was there expectation it would account for a major disappointment.
Palin avoided some direct answers. Biden did better in this regard.
Palin’s answers seemed genuine and truthful in every case. Biden was disingenuous, less than truthful in several instances. Here is a list. If you want an explanation or confirmation of any one, post a comment. I will reply.
McCain called for more regulation of Fannie and Freddie, not less regulation.
Obama did not reach across aisle to support Lugar non nuclear proliferation
Obama did say he would meet without pre-conditions
Article I of the Constitution does not define the role of the VP (a minor gaffe)
Article II does not say the legislative role of the VP is only to as a tie breaker
McCain did not vote the same way as Obama on claimed tax issues
Biden knew he was authorizing military action when he signed the bill to do so.
Biden was against the surge, McCain for it, so McCain was right, Biden was wrong
Biden made it clear he believes Supreme Court Judges should make decisions based on ideology. By definition that means not on what the Constitution says. That was alarming.
It took a lot of chutzpah for Biden to claim in absolutely no uncertain terms he knows what is causing global warming when so many leading climatologists around the world come to differing conclusions.