Comments on: LIVE BLOG NOW – The 2008 Vice-Presidential Debate

By: John Shoptaw

John Shoptaw — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:09:23 +0000

I’m a 1972 MU alumni. When I was a senior, the school shut down before finals so people could work for peace. I cut my hair to work for Clyde Wilson, an unspiring candidate, against Richard Ichord, who said anti-war protesters were paid by the Soviet Union (then why didn’t they pay my tuition?). Ichord, and Nixon, won in a landslide, and the war continued.

I believe this generation of MU students stand at a similar crossroads. Will you register, and will you vote to return our country to the middle class, to fight global warming (yes, Gov. Palin, it exists), and, yes, to work once more for peace? I believe you will. Yes you can!

By: Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:16:50 +0000

Thanks everyone for participating!

By: Shelby Prucha-Mitchell

Shelby Prucha-Mitchell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:05:33 +0000

CNN right now is talking about how Palin did do well, but will not sway the independent voters or change the shift toward Obama. But they say that is not her job because the shift is due to the economy and she is not connected to that.

The question now is how they will use her going forward.

By: Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:00:58 +0000

Over on NBC no one is declaring a winner, but many pundits comment about Palin’s performance and how it might boost the ticket.

By: Shelby Prucha-Mitchell

Shelby Prucha-Mitchell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:58:48 +0000

CNN.com just got the full debate transcript up.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/debate.transcript/index.html

By: Molly Harbarger

Molly Harbarger — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:55:56 +0000

ABC commentators generally agree Biden won. If you’re watching post-debate coverage, do you agree with what the commentators are saying? Or not saying, as Mary Elise is pointing out?

By: Mary Elise DeCoursey

Mary Elise DeCoursey — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:51:08 +0000

Yeah, this is what Biden said:

“Look, we have spent more money — we spend more money in three weeks on combat in Iraq than we spent on the entirety of the last seven years that we have been in Afghanistan building that country.

Let me say that again. Three weeks in Iraq; seven years, seven years or six-and-a-half years in Afghanistan. Now, that’s number one.”

If you look back above, it was way off. But I haven’t heard any one on the major networks comment on that yet.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:43:52 +0000

I honestly think that it could be both.

By: mollyharbarger

mollyharbarger — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:41:13 +0000

Could it also be possible that Palin referenced McCain more because she has less of a record to fall back on and doesn’t have her own basis to stand on like Biden does? I wonder how the public will take it.

By: Mary Elise DeCoursey

Mary Elise DeCoursey — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:40:31 +0000

I think they were both a lot more lively, which made it more interesting. Both candidates look strong, but I agree that they probably won’t tip the balance too much. Both stuck to the familiar territory and reiterated those buzz words like Maverick and Main Street and Change that we’ve heard this entire season.