@FreeDuck,
FreeDuck wrote:
That was good. Hands down that was a win for Biden, but Palin did what she had to do to reassure her base. I think McCain will get an uptick from this. Maybe 2 points.
I don't know about that. I agree that Biden won hands down. I'd go further and say he well outperformed my expectations. My fourteen year old look over and said "he's a really good debater." Since he wasn't overly impressed by the Presidential debate, I thought that was an interesting statement.
I thought Palin had some good lines, but I thought she tended to verbosity on some of the questions and was noticeably off topic. Of course, the goal is to speak about what you want regardless of the question, but she was very obvious about it. I thought her line about Biden's wife was pretty bad, but maybe that's my southern side showing. You just don't try to score points off your opponent's dead wife.
Biden wowed me and I didn't expect that. He was on point for every question, facts and figures handy. He was assertive in dismissing Palin's charges without showing rancor. He spoke directly without weasel words, attacked McCain aggressively and supported Obama wholeheartedly.
I think the bounce will be in Obama's direction.
