by Frank James
Last night's debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin was "entertainment" but useful since it showed that the Republican vice presidential nominee could stay in the ring with the Washington insider of long-standing and revealed aspects of both their personalities.
Those were among the observations by Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution, one of Washington's most affable, oft-quoted experts on the presidency, who had some other interesting things to say about last night's vice presidential debate and presidential debates in general.
"They were curious to see which Gov. Palin was going to show up on the stage," Hess said of the millions who tuned in to watch last night, far more than who viewed the presidential debate. "Was it going to be the Gov. Palin who electrified the Republican convention or was it going to be the respondent to Katie Couric?" he said.
That observation sounds right to me. If you thought you would see a train wreck happen live on TV before your eyes, wouldn't you tune in?
Anyway, you can see the rest of his thoughts on the Brookings Institution's website.
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Comments
Lets hope McCains first executive decision, is his last one. This is serious business, not a "big shout out to the 3rd graders"
I hope Joe Six Pack spent the night heaving up his beer.The closet Sarah Palin needs to be to Washinton DC is Seattle.
Posted by: BullMooseandSquirrel | October 3, 2008 9:05 PM
Barack John
Left and rights of passage
Black and whites of youth
Who can face the knowledge
that the truth is not the truth?
Obsolete Absolute
Ron Ralph
Cruising under your radar
Watching from the satellites
Take a page from the red book
and keep them in your sights
Red alert Red alert
USN
Posted by: paul nader vets united | October 5, 2008 12:46 PM