Veep Debate, Final Chapter

Dave did all the blogging for the debate. All on not much sleep and jet lag. Go DAVE!

We're losing interest. A little argument has bubbled up about whether Palin will get a bump from this debate.

9:10 Palin just said, "Doggone it!" Again, with the folksy charm, complete with wink number 3 and a shout out to a 3rd grade class in Alaska.

9:11 Oh man. 5-0 Dodgers going into the bottom of the second.

9:12 I think Palin just mentioned that she thinks the Constitution allows the VP to exert more force over the Senate. More force than whom? Cheney? What exactly does she mean?

9:13 Biden mentions that Barack has asked Joe to be his administration's point person in Congress.

9:15 Palin just fumbled for a while, and then got back to her talking points about her executive experience.

9:16 Biden just made some good points about Cheney over reaching as VP. At this point, I don't think many people are still paying attention.

9:17 Ilsa says, "She's totally hitting it out of the park, I'm sorry. Fuck."

9:18 Cubs failed to answer in the bottom of the 2nd. Must be nervously silent at Wrigley right now.

9:19 Biden just got choked up talking about raising his kids. I think he really took offense with Palin's point about people not understanding her role as a single mother.

9:20 Palin didn't even respond to Biden's moment and is now talking about McCain being a maverick. She blew that.

9:21 Palin slips, McCain "is the man we need to leave...er...lead."

9:22 Biden's fired up challenging the "maverick" label. He's going strong. Penny: "Wow, you go." I wished we'd seen more of this. Oh man, he's still going. He just mentioned LIHEAP, for heaven's sake.

9:23 Last question is on something that they changed. Joe talks about SCOTUS nominees. Palin says she wanted to cut taxes more.

9:25 Wait, Gwen just asked another question. She flip-flopped!

9:26 Joe rambled a bit, but talked about his record of bipartisanship, even saying something good about Jesse Helms.

9:27 Wait, what? Palin's talking about cutting taxes and criticizing the Dems. Wasn't the question about bipartisanship?

9:29 Palin just rambled about how Americans' freedom could end. Wha?

9:30 Biden finished strong. So, strong, Daisy just came back out.

That does it. In the end, I think Palin held her own and probably just stopped the bleeding. If people were hearing about her gaffes and tuned it to see for themselves, I think they probably came away thinking that the media's been blowing things out of proportion.

Penny just brought everyone's attention to the fact that Biden did a great job. She's thinking that people tuned in to see Palin implode and saw him doing well. We'll see.

If you're not watching the Cubs, feel free to comment.