I think both VP's did a good job of speaking and properly represented their candidates. I am still on the side of Biden because he is voicing the things I am in favor of, but Palin still did a much better job than I was expecting.
I found this debate harder to watch and stay interested in because of the fact that they are just re saying what the candidates did during their debate. Neither of them made it especially exciting, and I think they went back and forth at each other (or just saying how the other one was wrong because of this, and what they're doing is right because of this) and it just made it unpleasant. In my opinion, Palin tried too hard to fit in and make herself part of the middle class/soccer mom ideal, which I don't think is the case. You have to have at least money to get that high in politics, and she may not have as much as anyone else in these positions, but she certainly seems to have more than the average american. I also found it interesting that Palin said flat out that she wasn't going to answer the questions asked, but just revoke what he said and show how she's right, he's wrong.
Overall, I think it was a strong debate but hard to say if one did better than the other simply because Palin's performance was so much stronger than anyone anticipated.
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Great review! The role of the VP debate has traditionally been an opportunity for the presidential candidates to go at each other via an avatar....their VP pick. I agree I though Palin held her own however, I too was frustrated by the lack of focus on the actual questions. I am glad we selected the energy/environment crisis to become more familiar with because a lot of this debate was focused on that and without that previous prep I would have potentially been lost.
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