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She has to step down. Is she really so "folksy" or just trying to treat Americans like they are all "JoesixPack"??

What a joke

I can"t stand to listen to Biden talk. He as changed his postition to suite Obama. Just 9 months ago he was bashing Obama on all theses things now he is agreeing with him. Palin is doing great!

She keeps winking at me, do you think she likes me?

Who believes Biden hangs out at Home Depot?

Considering how Bush lied to Congress about the reasons we were going to war I am not surprised that Biden voted for the war..as long as he NOW realizes that was a mistake and has since shown that he is for getting out there I don't see the big deal about him and Barack having a difference of opinion back then...

Folks can grow and learn the facts and change their minds...I don't want my VP to be a "follower" of the President 100% of the time....

GO BIDEN!!!!!!!!

Only one difference, Biden isn't running for President. McCain was wrong for the 1st 5 years, lets call it bad judgment. Good try Bill.

A quick comment – Rollins is crazy 44 positive points to Palin. Hold on OR you will be out of points soon.

It is pretty obvious that biden-obama is the war mongers, did you hear how much new war he proposed ???

Roland Martin won't show any counterpoints to his far-left views. CNN When you going to get rid of him?

After tonight thier should be clear that Gov. Palin is the better person for the Job of VP. Biden is lost for words and just like Obama when he can't come up with a statement he make's something up!!

Excellent Job Gov. Palin!!!!!

I would rather have someone like Joe Biden who honestly disagrees with his running mate than someone who "doggone it" will always agree with John McCain.
I've heard you, Bill, disagree with your coworkers and you're still there.

Biden is wiping the floor with her on foreign policy. She sounds like she is spouting off memorized talking points. Biden sounds like he's been there and knows what the heck is going on.

And what's up with her almost chastising Biden? She reminds me of Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter! She's annoying as all get out!

But the difference with Biden and to McCain is that Biden later realized the truth about the war and spoke out against it.

Biden said he regretted his vote. Hillary did not. Second, he wants to end the war while McCain does not. this is important.

I agree with you Jonny!!...when is she ever gonna answer a question!!!!!..and did i just hear her agree with Cheney?? even the republicans dont agree with cheney!!

Gov. Palin is doing better than expected. But i think everything is rehearsed and she doesn't seem to be natural. She just memorized everything that Sean Hannity and Rush limbaugh are saying on The radio and tv. Simple. Everything suggeted her to raised and asked she had raised them.

hmmm – you have two people agreeing with the war, something has to be going on that two people make the same vote and Obama says no, while he is not on the Senate where it could be recorded and held accountable!

Inquiring minds would love to know!!! Obama's record one-year in the Senate, two-years runing for US Presidency!

So Biden was wrong, thats why he's doing one debate as VP and Obama is doing 3 as President.

NO two face there MOVING FORWARD Biden sees the same Views as Obama!

Did you not wait for the answer?

I thought this article was about Biden, not Palin...you liberals kill me!

She keeps changing the subject – NO WAY

no to palin, joe it's all yours tonight.

I agree with Jonny. Why she keeps referring to her executive experience is beyond me. We have all been where she is and if not, at some point we will. She's not convincing me that she is VP material.

As for the war vote, almost everyone in DC voted to go into Iraq based on the Bush administrations lies. I bet if those who voted for the war knew then what they know now, the vote would have been different.

why does she not answer hardly any of the questions

Just keep in mind that they voted to ALLOW GB to go to war if... they weren't expecting him to just go to war, which is what he did. and remember that we only know one small piece of what was in the item they voted for.

It's been amazing if she's actually answered a question.

Why is such a disaster for him to have voted for the war, as a LOT of Senators and Congressmen did, based on false intelligence fed to them by the Bush Administration and in the fearful aftermath of 9/11. I don't hold that against him OR Hillary. they have had the moral courage to admit it was a mistake, a mistake we are all still paying for.

Oh god, I can't watch this much longer. She is so bad, it would be funny if it wasn't so scary that this lady could actually become president.

I don't exspect all views that Biden and Obama share to be exactly the same.

Are Bosniacs like Animaniacs?

What is that Biden gaffe #8? I lost count.

Does she not know what an Achilles heel is???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

agree with jonny, she sounds like shes reading a speech , OVER rehearsed.

WAKE UP AMERICA, how dumb can someone be to vote for Palin, God help us if she is in the White House just becasue she is a woman.

Why does she keep winking? Flirting might work in a beauty pageant, but it doesn't win voters. Tina Fey is going to rip her a new one this weekend.

Agreed on Iraq legacy, but this election is now over economy- as it was for Clinton in 1992 & 1996. McCain-Palin cannot address issues that are largely caused by their financial base. The old tactics of wedge issues in the so-called culture war just won't fly in '08.

actually he voted to give George Bush the option to use force in Iraq.

The war is a problem but Obama will be the president! Palin is like a robot, repeating the pubby lines.

Speaking well and actually knowing what your talking about is two different things. No comparison to Biden....on target.

In the beginning, the request for war in Iraq was mis-represented by President Bush. I'm surprised more Senators did not approve the war from the beginning.

I hope you over at CNN report this as it is....she side stepped questions, where was the debating? it was like she was stumping....this is pathetic!

Seriously.... Palin is getting smoked tonight. She is REALLY coming across as someone whom scares me to think she is a blink away from being our President. She sounds completely illiterate, scared and is extremely timid.

So, are we saying that people can't change opinions? We all know that going into Iraq was a mistake. If ANYONE who voted for the use of force in Iraq came out and said "You know what, I messed up, I'm sorry and I've learned from my mistake", THAT would be ideal.

I love it that Vice President Cheney is finally being mention in the debates.

BIDEN IS KICKING BUTT!!! Gov. Sarah Palin babbled too much.... she kept talking about HER governorship which is NOT the issue. I found Sarah Palin to continue to talk in nothing but 'BRUSH STROKES". She kept repeating herself and certain words over and over. It was very predictable. She talked way too much and came off as a woman doing nothing but "spinning snow balls".

WAY TO GO SEN. BIDEN!!!

To Biden's credit he has not been attacking Sarah Palin and showing her to be the airhead that she really is. Palin is a complete dunce with an incredibly annoying voice.

he was mislead, as was Hillary...by Bush. Biden is outscoring Palin on every issue...she doesn't even have a good command of the English Language. She actually makes Bush look intelligent..

I would like to vote: Biden/Palin. I don't like Obama and I can barely stand McCain. These two don't make me gag, though.

Biden/Palin 2008

Great Veep in Six pack Joe!!!!!!! ha ha ha

He's not 2-faced!!!!!!!! It's call a difference in opinion plus there are provisions attached to a lot of these things. Can we get a fact-checker!!!

Oh fergawdsakes. He voted for the faux bill that supported the war but which purported to be much more limited.

How is she blathering about education now? And how could she say Joe's wife's reward would be 'in heaven' given that he's already lost a wife?

Bill, I usually like you but you seem to be viewing purty Sarah through rose-coloured (i.e. foggy) goggles.

Now she's really off script again. She falls further off each answer. It's clear in all her answers that she's reciting, not actually answering words that her own brain has constructed for her.

Sarah is on her game and ready to go!

She has a degree in journalism therefore trained in the art of communication. She is a communicator but she is not qualified to be anywhere near the WH except as a visitor.

McCain and now Pallin have said we will not leave Irag without winning? Someone please ask them What are we trying to WIN???? I don't see what we are trying to win.....

Not as awkward as Palin's position, which is knowing nothing but slogans.

Her candidacy as VP is a farce. They taught her to parrot some names mixed with "talking points"-and she says she's a maverick!

No, Sarah, you are a puppet.

Ryan,
Before you call anybody a two face, look at McCain. He has worn several faces during this whole campaign season.

GO JOE! Take us to law school!

I think he clearly explained his vote Schneider.

If this was new information then it would be a problem. Palin is in an awkward position as it is clear that she do not know any thing that wasn't drilled in her during this week.

Only a fool will be fooled.

Obama/Biden 08

Palin is rattling away like a parrot, and God I hate her smile, and also when she talks in a soft tone like telling a story to a 4 year old!

She hasn't a clue to whom she is speaking

No WAY

Wow...."Jonny" ....You hit the nail on the head:
Almost none of her comments have been her own spontaneous thoughts.

CNN, the focus group concept is excellent, and the technology is cutting edge, I am sure the info gathered at this session will be very beneficial moving forward, however, the dial being constantly at the bottom of the screen is very distracting.

Palin does a good impression of a robot!! Joe is doing awesome and actually giving plans and answers!!

Obama/Biden '08

Since when is it bad to change ones view in the face of new information

I think he's doing a great job – He is so many levels above Palin on substance it's not even funny.

Biden should have sent Hillary to talk for him , because he is bad!! Gov. Palin looks like a great Leader!! Thanks for making our mind up for us tonight , were voting for McCain and Palin 2008!!!

I do not blame Biden – heck, I was for he war in the beginning. There were several "smoke screens" presented by the Bush administration, which confused several people. However, he now knows it is time to pull out and allow Iraq to take control of their country.

Biden is doing a great job of responding in substance. He's somewhat at a disadvantage...what would they say about him if he looked at her and said "there you go again, Sarah..." She is too cute by half.

If Palin parents and grandparents were teacher it is obvious, they did not teach her much!!!

Barack Obama? Did not come out, against it.. You keep saying this, because he does... He did not Vote!

Not at all, as Biden has admitted that the information he was given was wrong and he would not have voted that way if intelligence had not been flawed

save the USA!!! This woman is an idiot! She can't answer a question, her smiling and winking is driving me insane and her whiney voice adds to my irritation with her lack of intelligence! Does she realize that she is running for a VP position not a beauty queen?? I am a woman and I am insulted by how she portrays woman.

OBAMA/BIDEN

There is not one person who can spin this debate to even give the appearance that she did great....

Does she agree with Cheney.... apparently so. Wow. She is going to be COPRESIDENT! OMG

yea...when Hillary did it it was horrible. But with Biden it's ok? When Hillary had 7 years in the Senate and 8 with her husband in the white house it was too much time in Washington...but Biden's 35 years isnt?

This hypocricy is why this Clintocrat is voting McCain.

but he's on the ticket that was right, Obama was the one who said it was a bad idea before anyone, the other side is swinging 0 for 2

So much for change. When Obama had to decide between change and experience, he chose experience. So should we.

McCAIN 08

good point!!

It's hard to believe that the GOP, takes Gov. Palin seriously????? They really have a low impression of the American people that will be voting Nov. 4th???

Make her stop winking and giving "shouts out" to anyone.

Palin comes across as a nice person, but she isnt presidential, or vice-presidential material.

The bigger problem is he is a Washington RAT. Palin is slapping him left and right.

She just brought up the Constitution – let's go there.

HA HA HA HA HA she doesn't stand a chance

I don't think she really knows what it is to be a vice president. Sounds like she sidestepped a simple question!

He's completely 2-faced!!!

Thanks Bill. What a salient point.

Wow. Its soooo obvious when Palin is reciting a speech compared to when she is speaking from her own thoughts. When she recites a speech she looks at the camera and speaks well. When she speaks from her own thoughts she looks away from the camera and talks more in slurs and with a very strong accent.

Almost none of her comments have been her own spontaneous thoughts.