Biden was terrific. Very sharp and very much in command of policy. I thought he was smart in choosing not to attack Palin personally. He did, however, hammer McCain effectively. I wish he were at the top of the ticket.
I thought Palin overdid the "folksiness." I guess some people buy into that, though. I personally thought she came across better when she was actually using her own thoughts as opposed to the Republican talking points. She also did a very poor job defending McCain. Obviously, there's not much to defend there, but she is his running mate and failed to counter any of Biden's attacks, which is her job to do so. Most of that is attributed to Biden's effectiveness, but she could have at least said something, anything...even if it were about stem cell research or the fact that McCain is one step up on Bush for at least admitting global warming is real.
