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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:39:05 -0400, Jim wrote:

He should have been able
to mop the floor with her, but he didn't even come close to doing that.

As if that was his intent? If Biden was perceived as beating up on a
"poor little hockey mom", America might not be feeling as good about him
today. Palin did much better than expected, but then, IMHO, so did
Biden. If you perceive the debates as a draw, I would suggest a draw
goes to the leaders, Obama/Biden.

Apparently, if you are a member of the GOP base, the fact that Palin
didn't fall off the stage is enough to claim victory. Biden did
precisely what he was supposed to do...he displayed his knowledge and
depth of knowledge, he pounded McCain into the ground on at least a
handful of serious issues, and he was gracious to his opponent. Palin
look as much out of her league as always, regurgitating her programmed
talking points.

At the moment, Obama still has a just out of the margin of error lead in
most of the national polls, and is significantly ahead in far more
important electoral vote count derived from the state-by-state polls. If
that is still true on Tuesday before the next debate between the ticket
leaders, then the Palin effect will have been...zip.