The blogger over at Seeing Green sent his reaction to the Palin/Biden debate. We were happy for the chance to visit Seeing Green’s lively site, which is just filled with informative and opinionated posts about green living.

Well, that’s over. Good thing I didn’t get into the “chug a drink” if Palin says “maverick” game, I’d’ve missed most of the debate.
Now I am beginning to wonder if Palin deliberately set herself up (down?) in
the Couric interviews so expectations would be lowered. She was certainly
composed, assured and smiled a lot (way too much…I can image this gal
smiling as she “slips the shiv into ya”.) Even without prep, she should’ve
been able to say *something* to Couric’s questions.

Otoh, maybe she’s just such a good actor that the prep carried her through.

Biden I think was in such a bind (it showed in the first 15-20 mins) that he
was not “himself”…have you seen his fiery speeches on the trail? I can’t
understand why it’s “wrong” to “attack” a woman debater (as opposed to a
man) but every commentator I saw (3 women, 2 men) on MSNBC before the debate
mentioned that he has to be careful. It shows how conventional, if not
sexist, we (the grand unwashed public) are that we cannot treat Palin as a
candidate first and a woman second. Of course, she treats herself as a woman
first…didya catch those gold heels?!

But overall, Biden was on message, straightforward and assured (enough).
Polls claim 51-39 in his favor. I wouldn’t say he stumbled, but he
lacked fire. He was not too spontaneous. As one example,
when Palin brought out her “not answering the moderator’s question,” I
flashed that Biden could start his next with a loooong pause, say “Can’t
think of a question I’d rather answer, Gwen, so I’ll answer yours…” with
the right timing, things like that could’ve underscored Palin’s tricks.

Oh well, the Brits know how to do it. Or the French also, I read somewhere
that Sarkoczy and Royal had a two-hour, free-form, moderator-less
debate before the French presidential election.

On a different note, am I the only one who thinks it’s unconscionable for
Palin to lug her 3-month-old baby around? Granted he’s Down, but is it
drugged? Can he sleep ALL the time on TV?