Inexperience or Wit?

The 2008 Vice-Presidential debate in my own opinion answered more questions than the Presidential debate did. Both Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin addressed every question with accurate and concise responses. i was very surprised at how well Governor Palin held her own in this debate and did not truly think she was going to do as well as she did. Senator Biden definitely answered every question with many facts behind his opinions and kept "throwing punches" at John McCain and his administration. Overall it was a much better debate than the first Presidential debate.

Both CNN and The New York Times stated that Governor Palin's lack of experience showed throughout the debate, "mostly repeating  cliches and tired attack lines and energetically refusing to answer far too many questions." Personally I do not think this is true at all. I felt that Governor Palin has a strong sense of what is going on and what needs to be done. The point that was made on a New York Times article got the most when the author stated, "On Iraq, all Governor Palin had to offer was the false accusation that Barrack Obama wants to surrender..." That is not true at all because Governor Palin specifically said what the Republican plan was in Iraq, which was, "We'll know when we're finished in Iraq when the Iraqi government can govern it's people and when the Iraqi security forces can secure its people. And our commanders on the ground will tell us when those conditions have been met." That states that whatever the plan is in Iraq now, will be the plan for the future. Therefore, if Barack Obama pulls out too soon, then whatever has already been accomplished in Iraq will be lost.

Joe Biden responded with much more supporting evidence than Palin did and i think he won the debate. Both the New York Times and CNN seem to think so as well. Overall the debate went very well and can be seen as a positive outlook on where each candidate stands and who seems to be more prepared for the job.