THE BIDEN-PALIN DEBATE OF 2008

BIDEN FAILS TO HIT THE HOME RUN AND PALIN SHOWS SHE IS GOOD WITH MEMORIZATION

Kenneth Hacker

October 6, 2008

Both VP candidates did well at holding their own and not making any major mistakes. However, both candidates failed to show clearly why they should be vice president over the other one. Both essentially did what they needed to do in this debate. Palin and Biden both had problems with their facts, however and Palin directly some fairly tasteless insults to Barack Obama.

What is more important that all of the stylistic behaviors are the policy statements that the candidates made on behalf of what they and their principal candidates seek to do with the direction of the nation.

Voter impressions of the election are likely to stabilize with Obama keeping a lead in the polls until John McCain connects with voters himself. His advisors have apparently forgotten that VP candidates have little if any signficant effects on presidental candidate selection.

While FOX News analysts have been gushing for days about how Palin won the debate, cleaned Biden's clock, and peformed in a spectactular fashion, the polls do not reflect their bedazzlement. A more sober analysis shows that she was throwing out more whoppers and will once again be exposed for having a truthtelling problem. And again, Biden will be noted as not reeling in his tendencies to exagerrate.

This was an interesting debate and hopefully educated voters the policy differences between the two tickets.