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By               exceeding               low               expectations,               Alaska               governor               Sarah               Palin               won               her               vice               presidential               debate               against               Delaware               senator               Joe               Biden.

But               that               victory               won't               make               people               forget               John               McCain's               erratic               behavior               during               the               current               economic               crisis.

Although               the               six-term               senator               met               expectations               with               his               broad               display               of               knowledge,               the               October               2,               2008               debate               wasn't               about               Joe               Biden.

It               was               about               whether               Sarah               Palin               would               fall               on               her               face               in               the               wake               of               her               disastrous               interview               with               Katie               Couric.

Not               only               didn't               Sarah               Palin               collapse,               she               passed               the               presentation               test               with               flying               colors.
               Palin,               a               former               beauty               queen,               is               incredibly               photogenic.

Her               glib,               quirky               style               appeals               to               many               voters.

She               frequently               went               on               the               offensive.

Palin               was               particularly               effective               when               she               chided               Joe               Biden               for               constantly               looking               at               the               past               errors               of               the               Bush               Administration               rather               than               toward               the               future.

While               Palin               frequently               attacked               Biden,               Biden               wisely               trained               his               sights               on               John               McCain.
               During               an               October               5,               2008               airing               of               "Meet               The               Press",               Peggy               Noonan,               a               former               speechwriter               for               President               Ronald               Reagan,               said               that               Palin               is               "a               natural"               in               the               "show               business               aspect               of               politics"               but               short               on               substance.
               I               watched               the               debate               hoping               to               be               entertained               while               suppressing               a               morbid               curiosity               as               to               whether               Palin               would               fall               apart.

I               always               considered               the               probability               of               the               latter               event               to               be               quite               low.

As               I               suspected,               her               debate               performance,               replete               with               folksy               charm,               mirrored               her               acceptance               speech.

Although               Governor               Palin               occasionally               made               me               laugh,               the               debate               left               me               more               convinced               than               ever               that               she               is               not               vice               presidential               timber.
               Only               the               most               partisan               viewers--and               there               are               many               of               them--would               say               the               Alaska               governor               was               strong               on               substance.

As               you               read               the               following               criticisms,               keep               in               mind               that               throughout               most               of               this               campaign,               I               have               leaned               strongly               in               favor               of               John               McCain.
               Palin's               answer               to               a               question               on               climate               change               was               almost               incomprehensible.

Don't               just               take               my               word               for               it.

Read               the               debate               transcript.

A               good               college               student               could               have               expressed               herself               better.

Later               in               the               debate,               she               offered               up               this               gem:               "I'm               thankful               the               Constitution               would               allow               a               bit               more               authority               given               to               the               vice               president               if               that               vice               president               so               chose               to               exert               it               in               working               with               the               Senate."
               That               remark               was               in               response               to               moderator               Gwen               Ifill's               question               as               to               whether               Palin               would               agree               with               Vice               President               Dick               Cheney               "that               the               executive               branch               does               not               hold               complete               sway               over               the               office               of               the               vice               presidency,               that               it               is               also               a               member               of               the               legislative               branch."
               Biden               correctly               condemned               Palin's               statement               as               a               "bizarre               notion",               forcefully               noting               Cheney's               dangerous               abuse               of               power               during               his               tenure               in               the               nation's               second               highest               office.

A               June               25,               2007               Washington               Post               article               has               a               good               discussion               of               this               subject.

It's               peculiar               that               Palin               would               support               a               character               like               Dick               Cheney               when               John               McCain               has               publicly               differed               with               Cheney               on               issues               such               as               waterboarding.
               You               really               have               to               wonder               whether               Palin               has               ever               read               the               Constitution.

The               only               power               that               the               vice               president               has               over               the               Senate--that               of               tie-breaker--is               found               in               Article               I,               Section               3:               "The               Vice               President               of               the               United               States               shall               be               President               of               the               Senate,               but               shall               have               no               vote,               unless               they               be               equally               divided."               A               decent               high               school               student               could               have               told               you               that.
               In               fact,               it               is               supremely               bizarre               that               a               conservative               like               Palin               would               argue               for               a               power               that               is               nowhere               stated               or               implied               in               the               Constitution.

According               to               conventional               wisdom,               conservatives               are               originalists.

They               believe               in               a               literal               interpretation               of               the               Constitution.

An               originalist               would               say               that               any               powers               not               enumerated               in               the               Constitution               do               not               exist.
               But               in               the               debate,               it               was               Biden,               a               liberal,               who               expressed               the               originalist               view.

On               vice               presidential               power,               Biden               said:
               "And               the               primary               role               of               the               vice               president               of               the               United               States               of               America               is               to               support               the               president               of               the               United               States               of               America,               give               that               president               his               or               her               best               judgment               when               sought,               and               as               vice               president,               to               preside               over               the               Senate,               only               in               a               time               when               in               fact               there's               a               tie               vote.

The               Constitution               is               explicit.

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               Palin's               supporters               say               that               the               governor               deftly               avoided               the               pitfall               of               the               Couric               interview,               where               Palin               could               not               name               a               single               Supreme               Court               case               she               disagreed               with               besides               Roe               v.

Wade.

According               to               her               fans,               Palin               accomplished               this               feat               by               saying               that               she               would               not               answer               one               of               Ifill's               questions.

Palin               then               began               to               discuss               a               different               subject.

It               was               a               smart               tactical               move               by               Palin,               but               it               came               at               a               cost:               it               further               emphasized               her               knowledge               gaps.
               When               Ms.

Ifill               asked               Biden               to               name               an               issue               on               which               he               disagreed               with               Barack               Obama,               the               Delaware               senator               wisely               offered               uncritical               support               of               his               running               mate.

But               Palin               said               that               she               intended               to               persuade               McCain               to               change               his               position               on               drilling               in               ANWR.

Bad               move.

A               vice               presidential               nominee's               job               is               a               supporting               role,               not               a               starring               one.

Intra-ticket               differences               are               best               discussed               in               private.

By               replying               the               way               she               did,               Palin,               instead               of               being               a               team               player,               focused               the               spotlight               on               herself.

Several               pundits               on               Fox               News,               CNN,               and               NBC               later               said               that               during               the               debate,               Sarah               Palin               was               running               for               president               in               2012               instead               of               vice               president               in               2008.
               While               there               were               problems               with               Governor               Palin's               substantive               performance,               there               were               also               defects               in               her               vaunted               style.

Her               clipped               gerunds               were               exceptionally               numerous,               even               for               her.

And               she               winked               more               than               Fran               Drescher               did               in               "The               Nanny."               At               first,               it               was               cute,               but               after               awhile               I               started               to               think               that               the               woman               had               an               ocular               sty.
               Many               of               Palin's               reported               zingers               showed               an               astonishing               lack               of               originality.

I               counted               four               phrases               that               were               borrowed               from               Ronald               Reagan:               "There               you               go               again";               "Government,               you're               too               often               the               problem,               not               always               the               solution";               "               We               are               a               shining               city               on               a               hill...a               beacon               of               hope";               and               "Government,               just               get               out               of               my               way".

Palin               only               attributed               the               third               to               the               late               president.

She               also               supposedly               zinged               Biden               when               she               said,               "Say               it               ain't               so,               Joe."               That               hackneyed               phrase               saw               the               light               of               day               during               the               Chicago               White               Sox               scandal               of               1919.

Not               exactly               forward-looking.
               Mort               Kondracke,               the               conservative               Roll               Call               columnist,               made               an               astounding               pronouncement               on               Fox               News               shortly               after               the               debate.

Kondracke               said               that               Palin               "is               not               qualified               to               be               president               on               Day               One,               but               she               won't               have               to               be."               How               can               Kondracke               be               so               sure               that               Governor               Palin               won't               have               to               step               up               early               in               a               McCain               presidency?

Does               he               have               a               pipeline               to               God?

I               hope               that               McCain               lives               to               be               100,               but               life               is               unpredictable.

Did               anyone               six               months               ago               think               that               a               $700               billion               bailout               plan               would               have               to               be               pushed               through               Congress               to               prevent               the               United               States               from               slipping               into               a               depression?

If               Sarah               Palin               is               not               fit               to               lead               on               Day               One,               she               has               no               business               running               for               vice               president.
               Competency               of               a               vice               presidential               candidate               should               never               be               an               issue.

It's               a               dangerous               distraction               from               the               serious               topics               of               the               day.

That               question               was               last               raised               was               20               years               ago,               when               Dan               Quayle               was               running.

Humorous               books               have               been               written               about               Quayle's               many               gaffes,               and               he               was               often               an               embarrassment               to               George               H.W.

Bush               on               the               campaign               trail.

Yet               Quayle's               resume               was               much               more               impressive               than               Palin's.

Before               becoming               the               44th               vice               president               of               the               United               States,               Quayle               was               director               of               the               Inheritance               Tax               Division               of               the               Indiana               Department               of               Revenue,               a               two-term               congressman,               and               a               two-term               United               States               senator.
               Most               post-debate               polls               indicated               that               people               liked               Palin               more               but               thought               that               Biden               won               on               points.

However,               by               exceeding               low               expectations,               Palin,               in               fact,               won               the               contest.

Assuming               that               there               are               no               more               major               gaffes               or               scandals               on               either               side,               the               vice               presidential               sideshow               will               quickly               fade               from               public               memory,               and               attention               will               be               focused               where               it               belongs,               on               the               top               of               the               ticket,               which               leads               me               back               to               Biden's               good               friend,               John               McCain.
               McCain's               behavior               over               the               last               couple               of               weeks               has               been,               to               say               the               least,               erratic.

First               he               suspended               his               campaign               in               the               wake               of               the               financial               meltdown               and               said               that               he               would               not               attend               the               first               debate               with               Obama               on               September               26,               2008               if               there               was               no               bailout               deal.

With               much               fanfare,               McCain               arrived               in               Washington               hoping               to               be               the               knight               in               shining               armor               who               would               save               America               from               financial               disaster.

Obama               looked               far               more               presidential               when               he               said               that               this               was               no               time               for               playing               politics;               that               he               was               ready               to               go               to               Washington               if               called;               and               that               he               would               attend               the               debate               on               September               26               no               matter               what               happened.

On               September               26,               the               House               voted               down               the               bailout               plan;               McCain               reversed               himself,               attended               the               debate,               and               looked               like               a               fool.
               The               notion               that               McCain               could               have               taken               credit               for               the               bailout               was               ridiculous.

Because               McCain               had               been               on               the               campaign               trail               for               over               a               year,               he               was               unfamiliar               with               the               political               landscape               surrounding               the               financial               crisis.

In               addition,               he               is               on               record               as               saying               that               he               doesn't               know               much               about               economics               and               hasn't               thought               about               the               subject               very               much.

If               America's               greatest               economic               minds               aren't               sure               of               how               to               treat               her               monetary               ailments,               John               McCain               couldn't               possibly               find               the               cure.
               Moreover,               the               presence               of               the               candidates               probably               impeded               passage               of               the               bailout               package               by               increasing               partisan               rancor.

Both               McCain               and               Obama               attended               the               negotiations               at               the               invitation               of               President               Bush,               but,               in               photo               ops,               the               two               men               sat               at               opposite               ends               of               a               table,               farthest               away               from               the               president,               indicating               that               their               presence               was               largely               symbolic.
               Thus               ended               McCain's               second               stunt               of               the               campaign.

His               first               was               the               selection               of               Sarah               Palin               as               his               running               mate.
               During               his               debate               with               Obama,               McCain               seemed               edgy               and               off               his               game.

Obama,               on               the               other               hand,               was               poised               and               crisp.

Gone               was               the               stuttering               that               had               plagued               him               throughout               the               Democratic               primary               debates.

Obama's               answers               were               organized,               succinct,               and               presented               in               a               bullet-point               format.
               At               times,               McCain               seemed               angry.

When               he               spoke               about               Obama               wanting               to               negotiate               with               rogue               dictators               "without               preconditions",               McCain               contorted               his               face               and               held               out               his               hands               as               if               he               wanted               to               strangle               Obama.
               Obama               then               amended               his               earlier               comment,               saying               that               although               he               would               negotiate               "without               preconditions",               he               would               engage               in               extensive               "preparation"               involving               low-level               contacts,               setting               an               agenda,               and               so               forth.

Although               Obama's               explanation               wasn't               quite               believable,               it               made               sense.

As               Mr.

Spock               might               say,               it               was               grounded               in               logic               rather               than               wild               emotion.
               When               McCain               went               to               Washington               to               attend               the               bailout               negotiations,               he               said               that               it               was               his               patriotic               duty               to               do               so,               that               he               was               being               a               good               navy               man,               responding               to               the               call               for               "all               hands               on               deck."               John               McCain               is               a               true               patriot               and               a               man               to               be               admired,               but               in               recent               weeks,               he's               looked               like               someone               who               isn't               playing               with               a               full               deck.
               Several               weeks               ago,               I               called               the               conservative               radio               host               Monica               Crowley               and               suggested               that               McCain               might               be               too               temperamental               to               be               president.

She               angrily               asked,               "Where               did               you               hear               that               from,               the               liberal               media?"               Um,               no.

I               first               read               it               in               a               2006               article               on               NewsMax,               a               conservative               publication.

The               article               quotes               several               prominent               Republicans               as               saying               that               McCain               is               a               major               hothead.

In               addition               to               describing               McCain's               cursing               jags,               one               of               the               Republicans               recounts               a               joke               McCain               told               about               Janet               Reno               and               Chelsea               Clinton               that               is               too               vile               to               repeat               here.

In               the               same               article,               McCain               himself               admits               that               he               has               a               temper               problem.
               When               a               far-left               person               and               a               staunch               conservative               agree               on               something,               that               opinion               is               compelling,               especially               in               this               age               of               hyper-partisanship.

George               Will,               a               red-blooded               conservative,               and               Paul               Krugman,               a               far-left               columnist,               both               believe               that               McCain               is               temperamentally               ill-suited               to               handle               the               current               economic               crisis.

Compare               Will's               September               23,               2008               New               York               Post               column               with               Krugman's               September               28,               2008               column               in               the               New               York               Times.
               At               this               point,               McCain               reminds               me               of               Charlie               Chaplin               in               "A               King               In               New               York",               the               last               and               worst               film               Chaplin               ever               made.

The               movie               was               made               in               1957,               when               Chaplin               was               68               years               old.

He               was               heavy,               slow,               and               dependent               on               sight               gags               that               went               out               with               the               Charlston.
               While               McCain               throws               pies               at               the               wall,               Obama,               an               alleged               "stealth               radical",               seems               conservative,               a               cool,               careful               man               with               a               steady               hand               on               the               tiller.






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