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The VP Debate - Impressions
Oct 02, 2008 23:18 Filed in: Elections
Both candidates avoided the bailout question.
Biden finessed his support of the odious and corrupt bankruptcy bill and Palin was clueless about the details of how the public was screwed.
Biden was knowledgeable; Palin had only her index card notes and her coaching for the past few weeks. That’s a poor substitute for either experience or deep study.
Biden was relaxed, as one would expect from a politician who has been in the limelight many, many times.
Palin was scared s**tless. Anyone in her position would have to be. As a result, her voice pitch was a little higher than it should have been and more monotone. Her pitch seldom varied far from A below middle C. After about 45 minutes it really began to irritate.
When Biden became emotional about his son, Palin’s response was to read another talking point from her notes, so she clearly has a tin ear for detecting other peoples’ feelings.
The 5-minute soundbite format resulted in a frantic quality to the debate, as though the candidates were afraid they wouldn’t manage to cram in all their talking points in the allotted time. The absence of followup questioning saved Palin from the disasters she encountered with Couric, when she was politely asked to explain herself.
I have no doubt that the Republican base was pleased; the general public is not impressed, according to the snap polls by the networks. The next few days of polling will tell the story.
Biden finessed his support of the odious and corrupt bankruptcy bill and Palin was clueless about the details of how the public was screwed.
Biden was knowledgeable; Palin had only her index card notes and her coaching for the past few weeks. That’s a poor substitute for either experience or deep study.
Biden was relaxed, as one would expect from a politician who has been in the limelight many, many times.
Palin was scared s**tless. Anyone in her position would have to be. As a result, her voice pitch was a little higher than it should have been and more monotone. Her pitch seldom varied far from A below middle C. After about 45 minutes it really began to irritate.
When Biden became emotional about his son, Palin’s response was to read another talking point from her notes, so she clearly has a tin ear for detecting other peoples’ feelings.
The 5-minute soundbite format resulted in a frantic quality to the debate, as though the candidates were afraid they wouldn’t manage to cram in all their talking points in the allotted time. The absence of followup questioning saved Palin from the disasters she encountered with Couric, when she was politely asked to explain herself.
I have no doubt that the Republican base was pleased; the general public is not impressed, according to the snap polls by the networks. The next few days of polling will tell the story.
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