"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the--it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
I'm afraid that gaffes and inane answers are about all we can expect tonight because the format is for 90 second answers with 2 minute discussion. Imagine, "You both agree on ending our dependence on foreign oil; what is your plan to achieve that? You have 90 seconds..." Should be very informative!
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If a solution can't be had in 90 seconds, it is too complex.
Not really. This "debate" is just a gauntlet to see who can make it through with the fewer mistakes.
Your guess is as good as mine.
Agreed, Erick. I heard it said this morning that the best way for Biden to "win" is to let Palin talk herself into circles without interruption, and the best way for Palin to "win" is for Biden to interrupt her and spew yet another gaffe.
Think it will actually sway any voters? I don't know anyone "on the fence", so I'm not sure.
One more apiece just to keep us pumped up about the night:
Couric: [other than Roe v. Wade] What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?
Palin: Well, let's see. There's, of course in the great history of America there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but …
Couric: Can you think of any?
Palin: Well, I could think of … any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But, you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a vice president, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.
And Biden:
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here’s what happened.'"
Ah, and the hits just keep on coming!
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