The Center Lane

Saturday, October 04, 2008

VP Debate a gamechanger?

Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin
had their throwdown last night.  Neither seemed to edge out the other. 
Once again both sides had some interesting points to make and for the
most part stayed on script.  Gov. Palin especially seemed to be reciting memorized talking points for many of the questions.  Sen. Biden appeared to control himself well.  No verbal gaffes and for the most part his body language
and mannerisms were respectful.  He didn't come across as condescending
at least.  So for this debate I call it a draw.  Gov. Palin showed a
down to earth folksiness that she has been known for since being picked
by McCain. 



But after an hour and a half did
anything change?  The conservatives who were beginning to rethink her
as the VP choice have probably been reassured.  But in general those
who liked her before like her now and those who didn't like her before
weren't swayed over to her.  Same goes for Biden, although he was
expected to do well and for the most part  succeeded.  So now we wait
for next Tuesday and Round 2 between the presidential contenders.  This one will be moderated by Tom Brokaw
Hopefully he will do as well as the previous two moderators who seemed
to me to supply questions in a neutral, non-biased way.  We'll see

1 Comments:

  • Where has the Center Lane blogger gone? This blog is pretty lame...it never gets updated.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:54 AM  

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