Lively Debate

It was Biden's night, with his debate performance called his best ever. But Palin held her own in a format where the questioner couldn't press for specific answers, even swaying voters in Fox's focus group. CNN's poll gave Biden 51-38 and a CBS poll of undecided voters gave Biden the win with 46-21.

Two Slate articles hit the mark. Check out John Dickerson's - "Palin Wins, Biden Wins, Obama Wins, McCain loses" and Fred Kaplan's - "So Palin spoke in complete sentences, she still doesn't know anything about foreign policy".

Palin's take on the constitution will likely be widely discussed today. She seemed to miss the separation of powers principle - a major gaffe in my book.

A quote to note from Paul Begala (former Clinton strategist)-"She helped herself, but she didn't help John McCain. She's running for 2012."

The undeniable fascination with Palin's fate feels a little like checking out the tabloids while in line at the supermarket. Now it's time to take home the groceries and get to work!