Nascar and the Vice Presidential Debate

I’ve decided not to watch any more VP debates for four more years.  I’ve had my fill.  I felt a little guilty last night.  I felt guilty and I’ve decided to stop watching Vice Presidential candidates debate for the same reason I don’t watch Nascar… I’m only rooting for a wreck.

Seriously, I expected one of the two candidates to make a huge mistake.  Maybe they would ask a guy in a wheel chair to stand up or they would look confused at the mention of the Bush doctrine, but alas both did fairly well.  Now I believe one side won, but I think that’s mostly due to a closer alignment with my particular views than on that candidates performance in the debate.

I’m not smart enough to talk about many of the issues out there today, but I think both debators made tactical errors last night:

Biden:  Senator Biden missed a real opportunity when asked about the difference between how he voted and how Senator Obama voted on the bail out bill.  It was a great opportunity to talk about courage in leadership – the willingness of his presidential nominee to align himself with more than "yes" men… The cup half empty/half full answer was just okay…

Palin:  I’m not sure If Governor Palin should constantly be mentioning that she was the mayor of a small Alaskan town.  I don’t want the mayor of the town I live in to be Vice President (no offense).  I mean Jerry Springer was a mayor…

Just my two cents… (and the ideas aren’t even worth that much)