Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bright, enthusiastic and factual in her vice presidential debate tonight. She made no gaffes, as even the liberal pundits acknowledged, but was very strong and confident, with no lapses, hesitation or halting.
Joe Biden was the old Washington hack he is. The consummate 36-year U.S. Senator, he looked old and tired, lapsed into the standard "hate Bush" lingo, and looked insincere in going after one of his best friends in the Senate, Sen. John McCain.
The mass media pundits were beside themselves to discredit Palin, since there was little to attack her for. They were forced to resort to how she dropped her g's, talked about her family and how uncharacteristic Alaska is.
Palin, due to low expectations, would win the debate just by holding her own, making no mistakes and looking presidential.
She did much better than that. She showed an easy and relaxed command of the facts, was almost casual, in playing to her strength as a Washington outsider and scion of the middle class.
Biden prefaced every answer with a gratuous attack first on Bush and then McCain and tying them together. He was great at rehashing the Obama campaign talking points and bringing up the past, but did not paint a picture of the future.
Sarah Palin built impressively on her strong performance in her GOP convention acceptance speech, and continued to fire up the base, as well as appeal to the majority of women--that is, all but the most radical women's lib fringe.
The contrast with Biden was stark--the past versus the future.
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