A better show than the would-be Presidents

The Vice-Presidential debate held this evening was a much more hard-hitting affair than the Presidential one. Palin came in with fire burning in her belly and a passion that was barely disguised.  Biden took a great deal more time to warm up but by the foreign policy section he was ablaze.  There was much of substance in this continuous one hour and a half.  There were plenty of disagreements and plenty of scrapes.

Palin had much more to prove than Biden, and she held up well.  Her fresh face and almost constant smile was accompanied with studious, well researched and well delivered responses.  On both sides there were plenty of ducked questions (perhaps more by Palin).  On both sides there were shots at the legislative records of each of the Presidential nominees (perhaps more by Palin on the inevitable discrepancies between Obama and Biden’s record).

Biden promised McCain-Palin ticket represented more of Bush of the administration. He also pointed to the healthcare deficit of McCain’s plans.  Palin promised to change the way Washington worked flaunting McCain credentials as a maverick.  She also pointed to the greed and the corruption that had got the American people in financial crisis.  This debate did not, and was realistically going to be, a changer of the game.