Palin - that is not so..but I want to address this..instead was a tactic. Palin did not sell the audience, at least the ones in the Washington University crowd, that she was just a common Jane. Her family's income is well into six figures annually. Palin and her answer about Gay Marriage was interesting and seemed to be at odds with itself. Palin referenced Reagan three times including the there you go again, Joe.

 

Palin charged Obama and Biden with not funding the troops...John McCain  voted the same way ..

time line - ten billion ... We will end this war..John McCain has no end in sight.. Lets don't talk about past mistakes Sarah said..and in fact Mrs. Palin did not answer a lot of the questions and stuck to her talking points and the attack. This debate was a different format and this was the reason perhaps she was able to do better than her TV interviews but more like her speech at the GOP convention.

 

Biden easily won on the Bush connection. Biden showed his style on foreign policy... John McCain is opposed.

Good reaction on education, students getting extra credit for watching the department. And for the Cheney  model of  no accountability..Biden said Cheney is the most dangerous VP in the history of the US. In summary evidently the cultural wars at least not tonight there as Palin soft-peddled abortion and Gay marriage, but she did express "evil is" and perhaps this is the most stark difference between Democrats and Republicans.

 

It was not a game-changer and she was forced to defend McCain and Bush when it came to the economy. Government's in the way and here we have an experience right now of Government should have been in the way. Politics in the 21st Century  seems to need a reality check.