Flashback: VP Debate -- October 2, 2008

is that he should have declined Palin's request to call him Joe. "No, Governor. We are applying for a job. It isn't a popularity contest. What we do and where we come from is important, and people deserve to be reminded of it." The winking and nodding wasn't the problem with Palin. She did not have a full grasp of the issues. Even her own handlers knew it. If she were running for ASB President she did quite well. The fact was she was applying for a job, and her lack of qualifications did show.

Biden is no doubt a difficult and trying man. He says what he thinks in unusually tactless and clumsy ways. There is no doubt has a grasp of the materials however. He is at the very least able to give valuable information and insights even if he often comes to incorrect conclusions.