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...more specific on national-security matters than on domestic subjects. Offered more detail on a range of topics, compared with Palin, but oddly, gained no particular edge from his greater familiarity with national and international issues...
...standards of those Americans conditioned by late-night comics to think of Palin as an inarticulate idiot incapable of putting coherent sentences together or understanding basic policy questions, she succeeded enormously. She had a solid 90 minutes of rapid, confident discourse and kept herself from being the story of the night (as well as the constant punch line of the election season). Improved her image and partially turned the page on McCain's bad two weeks, enabling the Republican-ticket team to try to regain some footing in a contest that has been steadily slipping away - but didn't revolutionize...
...Sarah Palin...
Relentlessly criticized the Bush-McCain-Palin economic policies. Came across more with sadness than anger in deriding his longtime colleague McCain, whom he repeatedly called "John." Did next to nothing to try to force Palin into errors, which was likely a calculated strategy...
...challenges to Obama's record on taxes. Often jumped in to correct or clarify a point (although his familiar use of the moderator's first name may have raised the hackles of some observers - and the moderator herself). Was careful not to lose the upper hand when confronted with Palin's confident charisma...