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One of Biden's Best Moments
Talking Points Memo —
Toward the end, one of Biden's most powerful moments in the debate ...
Biden gets real
Feministing —
TPM posted this video as one of Biden's best moments tonight, and I couldn't agree more.
Palin's classlessness
Daily Kos —
It was a poignant moment, made all the much more so by Palin's callous response. As GreenSooner wrote in the comments: She didn't have a prepared reaction... ...so she was trying to figure out which talkingpoint was the easiest pivot from "opponent shows deep emotion over family tragedy." She pulled the string, and out came an answer about McCain being a maverick. Classless, and completely out of place in what was a somber movement. She could've shown some empathy, maybe even talked about the difficulties of raising her own family. ...
Joe Cutbirth: Why I Called It for Joe Biden
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The Twainesque, Becky Thatcher, awww-shucks shtick is wearing a bit thin. It works for certain audiences under certain conditions, but the stakes were too high on Thursday for Sarah Palin to use it all night.
Her folksy fireworks flat-lined after an hour, and as she sounded more and more like the teacher in the Charlie Brown cartoon - a wordless series of wahh-wahh-wahhs - Joe Biden sensed the moment, bared his soul and from that moment of vulnerability came away with the kill.
At least that was my sense on the set of Politics Live, ABC NOW's premiere political program, where I called the debate with Sam Donaldson and Rick Klein.
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Moment Of The Night
Comments from Left Field —
One of the things that really disappointed me watching the debate last night was that I didn’t have my mood meter, which, as you know, is one of my favorite gadgets for debate watching. This time around, CNN didn’t provide it for we bums who were forced to watch on the intertubes. But here’s what I thought was the moment of the night, and during our liveblogging it got us buzzing. It’s the moment where Joe Biden really connected with America. And as you watch it, especially towards the end, watch the mood meter at the bottom (h/t TPM): ...
Chris Blake: Joe Biden's Tears Ease a Father's Fears
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
It's been a couple of weeks since Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden famously choked up during his debate with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but I still choke up myself just thinking about it. Every day or two, I get to relive the moment on YouTube.
Much has been said about this moment. It's been lauded and derided. Analyzed and politicized. Many have called Biden's tears political gold, but few have questioned their authenticity. It's hard to fake the fear of losing a child.
In fact, watching a United States senator and vice-presidential candidate reveal his fear before a national audience was quite a remarkable thing. Most of us ...
