Thursday, October 2, 2008

Debate

9:10 PM - "Deregulation" is the Democrats' central theme so far.

9:25 PM - "$4 billion tax break" - another Democratic talking point. For what it's worth, I think Palin's doing a good job here. Biden isn't stumbling much, too; he's well-prepared.

9:32 PM - Biden's point about "knowing the causes" is sound.

9:41 PM - Palin has done well but simply has avoided answering questions with much nuance. It's actually a very effective way to work in these terribly-formatted debates. Palin would have no chance in an actual, straight-up debate.

2 comments:

FDMadox said...

I agree with your final comment - I just wish the debates were structured more. Too much "dawgonnit" and "darn right" and story telling and hockey momming, etc. Also, was it me, or did Biden get an unusual amount of "last chance" responses compared to Palin?

Dan said...

I think someone counted the "last chance" responses as 3-1 in favor of Biden.