Showing posts with label debates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debates. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The queen of glittering generality

Found this interesting article in the Christian Science monitor written by Andrew Halcro. He debated Palin for the governorship 2 years ago and knows her tactics.

From the article:

On April 18, 2006, Palin and I sat together in a hotel coffee shop comparing campaign trail notes. As we talked about the debates, Palin made a comment that highlights the phenomenon that Biden is up against.

"Andrew, I watch you at these debates with no notes, no papers, and yet when asked questions, you spout off facts, figures, and policies, and I'm amazed. But then I look out into the audience and I ask myself, 'Does any of this really matter?' " Palin said.

While policy wonks such as Biden might cringe, it seemed to me that Palin was simply vocalizing her strength without realizing it.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1001/p09s01-coop.html

NYT video breakdown of Biden-Palin debate

Some prospective thought about the debate tomorrow from the NYT website. They found vids of Sarah Palin's debates from when she ran as governor in Alaska.

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=ebfac2eaf3489d19fc07c79758598d8b02b3dcbb

i don't know how to make this a pretty link like santosh does.