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I am hoping that most of you watched Thursday night’s Vice Presidential Debates with as much interest as I did. I must admit that I have already chosen the candidate I will be voting for come November but as a journalism student I have some kind of strange fetish for political events such as conventions, debates, etc. OK, so maybe you didn’t watch with quite as much interest as I did but that’s OK you are probably healthier for it. I also must admit that I was kind of rooting for Biden and that I was curious in a slightly malevolent way as to how Governor Palin would handle herself. I have to say that she defied my expectations and did very well.

We learned some interesting things about both VP hopefuls such as Biden’s penchant for referring to himself in the third person and Palin’s fun accent and tendency to use phrases like ‘darn it’ and ‘heck’. Anyway comedic moments aside I thought both candidates performed well and much like the first presidential debates there was no clear winner. I’m sure by the time anyone reads this that someone somewhere will have claimed that both candidates won in different ways and that every media outlet has a different opinion on who it was.

As for myself I got exactly what I expected from Joe Biden and more than I expected from Sarah Palin. Let’s face it, she has not been impressive in any of her recent interviews and so it was hard to expect much out of her. Add to the fact that she was up against someone as fiery and experienced and Joe Biden and I just assumed she would play defense all night. She did seem to be on the defensive several times but she also seemed to have a pretty good handle on the situation and the knowledge of what she was debating.

As expected both Biden and Palin stuck to their guns and slogans. Obama and Biden stand for change and McCain and Palin are mavericks. Palin was still unable to convince me to change my vote, not even close, but she did manage to convince to at least give her some respect. This is probably an opinion that many will have and I it is something that the Republican ticket needed. Now all that’s left to be seen is how it all reflects in the polls.