Palin: the great debater?

[Sqrl]

Sam Yikin said:

Sqrl said:

We got Claire McCaskel (sp?) out here saying Palin failed to de-link McCain from Bush ..and that was her main criticism of Palin tonight. Gimme a break folks..the gig is up, she did very well and she had solid answers.

You make it very hard for me to take you guys seriously if you honestly think she is incompetent after this debate. Its a completely untenable position now and that's exactly why Obama surrogates are out their abandoning it as you read this.

A little honesty and integrity please? Give the woman credit, she knew her stuff and she did very well tonight by any measure.

 

I seem to remember a few Obama surrogates saying that she'd be a great debater... anyway though, I'm sure there were some like you said.

This debate didn't really increase my confidence in her ability to lead at all. She dodged nearly everything aimed at her (attacks AND questions) and began ranting off old talking points.

 

I pointed out McCaskel because she is basically "the" Obama surrogate.  In her introduction on the segment I just saw Chris Wallace introduced her as "a woman the Obama campaign regards as their best and most eloquent surrogate".  This isn't a fringe comment, this was a talking point.

edit: Howard Wolfson also just said "She passed any test that people put out there for her to pass." and "She did very well tonight."  he went on to say he thinks Biden did better but the point is that he didn't think there was a legitimate basis to criticize her or he would have. endedit(ok now I'm done.).

As for the rest of what you said, I think it falls nicely into the "not going to bother" category.  We fundamentally disagree if thats truly your position.