From Cnn.com:

84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.

It was also the consensus that Biden won the debate overall. After sitting there for an hour and a half listening to every word, I’d have to agree. I think I saw white/gender privilege rear it’s ugly head. I was talking with Seattle about Palin’s usage of words like “darn” and other colloquial terms as well as winking to the audience. Our first thought was “If Barack did any of that while debating with McCain, it’d be a wrap for him. Game, set, match. Victory for the elephant party. I was annoyed. I feel like she’d make a great character in a Disney movie called Hockey Mom goes to the White House.

Now I’m not saying Biden was perfect up there either. He did at times seem more like a traditional politician. He did stumble over words (as did Palin). He even lost me for a second when he went into his legislative upspeak. Nonetheless, he got the job done. Palin got the job done as well. She helped her credibility, but I don’t think she did anything to really help John McCain’s chances of winning the election. But let’s talk about how she exceeded expectations for a bit.

84 percent of people polled said that she exceeded their expectations.

That’s not an accomplishment. That’s a problem. When people expect you to perform that poorly, it means they have little faith in you. I don’t think I want someone who people have little faith in as the next in line for President should McCain kick the bucket. The other thing is that if expectations were that low, she really didn’t have to do all that much to exceed people’s expectations in the first place. Let’s be real, she outright told the moderator she wasn’t gonna answer a couple questions directly and went into her pre-planned and scripted banter. She’s fighting to establish credibility and acknowledges she’s only been on the campaign trail for 5 weeks. I’ve seen people protest Barack saying that the presidency is not an internship. Well, neither is the vice presidency. If I recall, she didn’t even know what the VP did before she hopped on the piece republican ticket.

Let me reiterate. It’s a problem that republicans are “re-energized” and people are shifting their votes because she performed better than expected last night. That’s like saying if an uncoordinated HS freshman tries out for the basketball team and makes a free throw, that he’s ready to be on the varsity team. Eff outta here with that sh*t.

The End.