How’s that for a compliment?  There’s no question that Palin was outmatched the entire time, and I am fairly sure that viewers will come away thinking that Biden was the winner and was more qualified for the VP role.  Give her credit–she held on through the entire thing, clutching to her prearranged attack points for dear life, and she didn’t say anything that was fantastically horrible.  Her statement on civilian casualties caused by airstrikes in Afghanistan would have been atrocious if I believed that she knew any better, but I feel confident that she does not know anything about the situation in Afghanistan.  McCain’s campaign is already in terminal decline, so it probably didn’t matter that much anyway.  Had she completely failed, it would have made the result more lopsided, but I expect that there will be only a marginal boost for Obama in the next few days.

Meanwhile, the gift that keeps on giving, the eternal Couric interview, gives us this.  Biden says that Cheney’s usurpations and crazy constitutional theories were the worst things he’s done. Palin says, I kid you not, the worst thing he did was his duck-hunting accident.  What is there to say?     

Update: CBS poll of uncommitted voters gives Biden the win 46-21% with 33% saying it was tie.  CNN respondents rated Biden the winner 51-36.