Biden/Palin Debate

  I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by Governor Palin's debate performance. I must also say that I am glad that I do not have to sit through another debate with her in it. There's just something about her voice and all of that preppy talk that gets on my nerves.

  Palin, as was expected, dodged a few questions, one dealing with McCain's stance on de-regulation, by changing the subject. This she did quite a few times. Palin made many attempts to pass her and her family off as your average middle class family, which was rather sickening to me. She is not middle class and hasn't been for some time. She did not win this debate but she did manage to not screw up as she has done in interviews the past few weeks. For that, the Republicans will say that she won.

   Biden was well armed with the facts and he also made many attempts to link John McCain's policy's with the Bush administrations policy's. What is really important for Biden is that he kept his cool and he spoke to those of us watching the debate. I should note that Palin did this also at times.

  I do not think that this debate performance was a so-called game-changer. We'll see what the polls say in the next few days.

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CBS News Poll: Obama Lead Widens

  What else is to be expected when you are facing competition who is nothing but a legend in his own mind? Grumpy, senile, old man for President? One who lies every time his mouth opens? I think not.

  Anyway, below are the numbers from polling which show that McCain is on a steady downhill ride thus far.

  NYTimes

A CBS News poll released Wednesday found that Mr. Obama’s favorability rating, at 48 percent, is the highest it has ever been in polls conducted by CBS and The New York Times. At the same time, the number of voters who hold an unfavorable view of Mr. McCain — 42 percent — is as high as it has been since CBS News and The Times began asking the question about Mr. McCain in 1999, the first time he ran for president.

The CBS News poll found that President Bush had tied the presidential record for a low approval rating — 22 percent, matching Harry S. Truman’s Gallup approval rating in 1952...

  I expect that John McCain will try just a little bit harder now to distance himself from the Bush Crime Syndicate.

  So what about Obama and McCain's handling of the so-called economic crisis?

  The CBS News poll suggested one sharp contrast in the view of voters of Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain that might have been fed by the different ways the two men responded to the crisis. Forty-five percent said Mr. McCain acted too quickly when he made a decision, compared with 29 percent who said he did not act quickly enough. For Mr. Obama, 23 percent said he acted too quickly, compared with 41 percent who said he did not act quickly enough.

  So what about McCain's pick for VP, Sarah Palin? any good news in that area?

The Pew poll found that 51 percent of respondents said she was not qualified to be president, compared with 37 percent who said she was. That is a reversal from early last month, when 52 percent of respondents said Ms. Palin was qualified to be president.

  McCain/Palin have nothing to offer the people of the United States except for 4 more years of Bush policy. Thanks,but, No thanks.

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